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Two Winnipeggers arrested in sex abuse sting By Chris Kitching, Sun Media 1/15/08 Two males from Winnipeg have been arrested in an international child sexual abuse investigation involving a European website that allowed its customers to meet the victims or request tailor-made videos.....Police know there are about 90 other suspects in Canada. Some of them have not been identified.....Last November, Europol and police agencies across Europe announced 100 people in 19 countries had been arrested in connection with the child-porn network, which centred around an Italian website that had 2,500 paying customers. _http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/01/15/4773915.html_ (http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2008/01/15/4773915.html) 9 Canadians arrested in international child porn probe Suspects include men from Victoria, Edmonton, the Greater Toronto Area and Montreal 1/15/08 Nine Canadians have been arrested as part of an ongoing international child abuse and internet child pornography investigation, the RCMP said on Tuesday, adding that they are looking at another 50 cases. The probe, code-named "Operation Koala," involved videos of children being abused that were filmed mainly in a Ukraine studio and purchased by customers around the world, including Canada, said RCMP Supt. Earla-Kim McColl, head of the National Child Exploitation Co-ordination Centre, at a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday....More than 92 people have been arrested in Europe as part of the investigation....The investigation began when a video depicting the rape of two young girls was found on July 12, 2006. That eventually led to the arrest of an Italian man, Sergio Marzola, who allegedly produced more than 150 child abuse and pornography videos — including some that could be custom-filmed for a price — that he sold via the internet. _http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/01/15/ot-koala-080115.html_ (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/01/15/ot-koala-080115.html) Memories of childhood abuse: dissociation, amnesia, and corroboration. Chu JA, Frey LM, Ganzel BL, Matthews JA Am J Psychiatry. 1999 May;156(5):749-55....Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA....Participants were 90 female patients admitted to a unit specializing in the treatment of trauma-related disorders. Participants completed instruments that measured dissociative symptoms and elicited details concerning childhood physical abuse, sexual abuse, and witnessing abuse. Participants also underwent a structured interview that asked about amnesia for traumatic experiences, the circumstances of recovered memory, the role of suggestion in recovered memories, and independent corroboration of the memories. RESULTS: Participants reporting any type of childhood abuse demonstrated elevated levels of dissociative symptoms that were significantly higher than those in subjects not reporting abuse. Higher dissociative symptoms were correlated with early age at onset of physical and sexual abuse and more frequent sexual abuse. A substantial proportion of participants with all types of abuse reported partial or complete amnesia for abuse memories. For physical and sexual abuse, early age at onset was correlated with greater levels of amnesia. Participants who reported recovering memories of abuse generally recalled these experiences while at home, alone, or with family or friends. Although some participants were in treatment at the time, very few were in therapy sessions during their first memory recovery. Suggestion was generally denied as a factor in memory recovery. A majority of participants were able to find strong corroboration of their recovered memories. CONCLUSIONS: Childhood abuse, particularly chronic abuse beginning at early ages, is related to the development of high levels of dissociative symptoms including amnesia for abuse memories. This study strongly suggests that psychotherapy usually is not associated with memory recovery and that independent corroboration of recovered memories of abuse is often present. _http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10327909?dopt=abstractplus_ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10327909?dopt=abstractplus) Childhood trauma and perceived parental dysfunction in the etiology of dissociative symptoms in psychiatric inpatients. Draijer N, Langeland W. Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Mar;156(3):379-85.....One hundred sixty inpatients consecutively admitted to a general psychiatric hospital were administered the Dissociative Experiences Scale and the Structured Trauma Interview.....The level of dissociation was primarily related to reported overwhelming childhood experiences (sexual and physical abuse). When sexual abuse was severe (involving penetration, several perpetrators, lasting more than 1 year), dissociative symptoms were even more prominent. Highest dissociation levels were found in patients reporting cumulative sexual trauma (intrafamilial and extrafamilial) or both sexual and physical abuse. In particular, maternal dysfunction was related to the level of dissociation. With control for gender and age, stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that the severity of dissociative symptoms was best predicted by reported sexual abuse, physical abuse, and maternal dysfunction. _http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10080552?dopt=abstractplus_ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10080552?dopt=abstractplus) **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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