Category: Child Pornography

Visa Stops Processing Credit Card Payments for Ads on Pornhub in Wake of Lawsuit

Visa has suspended payments for ads on Pornhub and parent company MindGeek after a woman accused the credit card company of knowingly helping monetize child pornography. In a statement on Thursday, Visa CEO Alfred Kelly said TrafficJunky, the advertising arm for MindGeek, will be suspended from the credit card transaction network. During the suspension, Visa…


Ontario Man Faces 78 Charges Related to Human Trafficking, Sexual Assault

An Ontario man is facing 78 charges related to human trafficking, sexual assault, and making child pornography. The offences allegedly involved several underage victims, police said. Michael Mark Haaima, a 38-year-old male from Kingston, Ontario, was recently charged following a joint investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police and Kingston Police, according to a statement released…


Teenage Boy In United Kingdom Facing Charges of Threatening Arizona Schools

A teenage boy is in police custody in the United Kingdom after he allegedly phoned threats to several schools and businesses in Scottsdale, Arizona. Scottsdale police said the boy was arrested by British law enforcement on April 12 for offenses related to “swatting” calls he made to seven schools and three businesses over the past…


Texas to Send Border-Crossers to Washington; Top Democrat Blocks Anti-Sex Offender Bill | NTD Evening News

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on April 6 that he will send illegal immigrants to Washington via charter buses. A top Democratic senator has blocked a Republican bill that would mandate a five-year minimum prison sentence for possession of child pornography.


New US Sanctions Target Putin’s Daughters; Texas to Send Illegal Immigrants to Washington | NTD Evening News

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on April 6 that he will send illegal immigrants to Washington via charter buses. A top Democratic senator has blocked a Republican bill that would mandate a five-year minimum prison sentence for possession of child pornography.


Former Maine Politician Arrested For Child Porn

Two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler was arrested on March 25 for possessing child pornography and subsequently released on bail. Two days prior to the arrest, search warrants were executed on two of his homes in Maine. Officers searched a farmhouse in Brooklyn and a town-home in Portland’s West End on March 23, according to the Associated…


35 Percent Rise in Online Child Pornogaphy From 2020 to 2021: Report

Reports alleging online child sexual exploitation have increased by over 35 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to the U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). The private non-profit, established by the U.S. Congress in 1984 and funded in part by the Department of Justice, said that its CyberTipline received 29.3 million reports of suspected child…


Assistant to US House Sergeant at Arms Charged With 10 Child Pornography Felonies

An assistant to the U.S. House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, announced Thursday that Stefan Bieret, of Burke, faces 10 felony charges related to the possession of child porn. The 41-year-old was arrested on Wednesday. According to a release from Fairfax…


Germany Busts International Child Porn Site Used by 400,000

BERLIN—German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members. Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the “Boystown” platform, were arrested…


Wisconsin Judge Charged With 7 Counts of Possessing Child Pornography

A judge in Wisconsin has been charged on multiple counts of allegedly possessing child pornography, court documents show.