Swedish man suspected of running sex network in Thailand

[webfact]

 

by Miabell Mallikka

According to SVT Nyheter, a 23-year-old man from Stockholm is being prosecuted – suspected of having led a network selling pornographic images and videos of thousands of young women and girls in Thailand.

 

The man is charged with serious child pornography offenses and gross illegal invasion of privacy. At least 4,000 victims, mainly in Thailand, has allegedly been secretly recorded in connection with video calls.

 

The images and videos showing the plaintiffs in a sexual context have since been sold through a social media platform. Often together with personal information about the victims.

 

“They did not know that they were recorded and that the content was then sold and distributed. In several cases, information about the victims has been shared. Information such as which school they attend along with their profile picture on Facebook or Instagram,” said Anneli Tirud Wallin, the chamber prosecutor who led the Swedish part of the investigation.

 

Full story: https://scandasia.com/swedish-man-suspected-of-running-sex-network-in-thailand/

 

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[Pouatchee]

Only thing worse than this guy are the people who support his endeavors.

[TooPoopedToPop]

Were they voluntarily doing dirty stuff on video calls or is there more to this story?

Coercion of some kind?

[d4dang]

Before covid I was searching for a hotel/resort in Cambodia. One hotel site had photos of of half naked kids in the pool. Boys and girls about 10 years old. I reported it. The scum that run and use these sites should all be locked up forever. Give the guys that bust them huge rewards.

[Liverpool Lou]

12 minutes ago, TooPoopedToPop said:

Were they voluntarily doing dirty stuff on video calls or is there more to this story?

Coercion of some kind?

What if the underaged were doing it voluntarily, does that make profiting from child pornography ok?

[tomazbodner]

16 minutes ago, TooPoopedToPop said:

Were they voluntarily doing dirty stuff on video calls or is there more to this story?

Coercion of some kind?

Blame the victims... Classy!

[wombat]

35 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

Only thing worse than this guy are the people who support his endeavors.

no work permit

[racket]

So he banged 4000 girls, yeah right. Most likely just screenshotted girls onlyfans, and they found no way of making a cut. Something is not right. 

[ozimoron]

3 minutes ago, racket said:

So he banged 4000 girls, yeah right. Most likely just screenshotted girls onlyfans, and they found no way of making a cut. Something is not right. 

The article doesn't suggest that he banged 4,000 girls. What's wrong with your reading comprehension skills?

[Tarteso]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

a 23-year-old man from Stockholm

A few “friends” are waiting for him in Bangkok Hilton..????

[hotchilli]

23 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What if the underaged were doing it voluntarily, does that make profiting from child pornography ok?

Absolutely not...

Guilty.

[Liverpool Lou]

15 minutes ago, racket said:

So he banged 4000 girls, yeah right. Most likely just screenshotted girls onlyfans, and they found no way of making a cut. Something is not right. 

"Something is not right".

Yes, child pornography is not right.  Neither is unwarranted speculation that blames the children.   

[HauptmannUK]

Firstly, according to the original source, only six instances out of the many thousands involved girls under 18.  So I don't think this is some kind of huge child sex ring, more likely some footage of 16 - 17 year old got captured.

Secondly the number of photos and videos is enormous, in the 10's of 1000's, so I doubt 1:1 interactions were involved. More likely hacking or illegal grabbing of OF or webcams etc..

[ozimoron]

1 minute ago, HauptmannUK said:

Firstly, according to the original source, only six instances out of the many thousands involved girls under 18.  So I don't think this is some kind of huge child sex ring, more likely some footage of 16 - 17 year old got captured.

Secondly the number of photos and videos is enormous, in the 10's of 1000's, so I doubt 1:1 interactions were involved. More likely hacking or illegal grabbing of OF or webcams etc..

One should be enough to lock him up.

[Liverpool Lou]

20 minutes ago, racket said:

So he banged 4000 girls, yeah right. Most likely just screenshotted girls onlyfans, and they found no way of making a cut. Something is not right. 

"So he banged 4000 girls, yeah right".

Pity you were unable to read the OP...or, at least comprehend it. 

 

"Most likely just screenshotted girls onlyfans..."

Minors can create OnlyFans accounts?  Since when?

[Liverpool Lou]

7 minutes ago, HauptmannUK said:

Firstly, according to the original source, only six instances out of the many thousands involved girls under 18.

Ah, well, that makes it ok, then, to be the ringleader of the paedo network. 

[d4dang]

How do they know the age of the girls? They show their ID?

[mancub]

a/ Exploitation is wrong in any form. 

b/Promiscuity is rife among Thai youth and aided/encouraged by social media and an assortment of apps such as Line.

 

[NorthernRyland]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What if the underaged were doing it voluntarily, does that make profiting from child pornography ok?

I was just listening to a podcast and the guest said this is the exact reason he abandoned Liberalism, that being there was no liberal/secular argument against child sexual exploitation. This is a perfect example of that.

[ozimoron]

5 minutes ago, d4dang said:

How do they know the age of the girls? They show their ID?

They were identified by the perp on facebook, Please take the time to read and digest the OP.

[d4dang]

1 minute ago, mancub said:

a/ Exploitation is wrong in any form. 

b/Promiscuity is rife among Thai youth and aided/encouraged by social media and an assortment of apps such as Line.

 

b) dek pert sing....kids lose virginity and start having sex lives. Lots before they are close to 16. There are many kids from young mothers waiting to be adopted.

[ozimoron]

5 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

I was just listening to a podcast and the guest said this is the exact reason he abandoned Liberalism, that being there was no liberal/secular argument against child sexual exploitation. This is a perfect example of that.

Disgusting rubbish, stop inventing fairy tales. There are laws in every country covering child sexual exploitation.

[rankric]

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

What if the underaged were doing it voluntarily, does that make profiting from child pornography ok?

They say part of what makes people think it is ok is the use of the term child pornography. Child abuse content. 

[NorthernRyland]

Just now, ozimoron said:

Disgusting rubbish, stop inventing fairy tales. There are laws in every country covering child sexual exploitation.

Calm down. I'm saying from the secular/liberal perspective it's reasonable to conclude that if the child is not being harmed then it's not immoral. That comment was a perfect example of that. This is just philosophy I'm talking about.

[ozimoron]

Just now, NorthernRyland said:

Calm down. I'm saying from the secular/liberal perspective it's reasonable to conclude that if the child is not being harmed then it's not immoral. That comment was a perfect example of that. This is just philosophy I'm talking about.

Who's claiming that the children weren't harmed?

[BananaStrong]

1 hour ago, TooPoopedToPop said:

Were they voluntarily doing dirty stuff

CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There are NOT and CAN NOT do voluntary stuff with farangs online!!!!

 

Blame a 9-year old girl and say she did it voluntarily????

 

come on

 

 

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

The original commenter suggested the children may have consented and thus weren't harmed. This is the point that all pedophiles makes. Better keep an eye on it because these things are becoming more mainstream and will likely be the next push in liberalizing sexuality (like gay marriage was not too long ago). Look up "minor attracted persons or MAPs"  to see what is being said.

I'm attacking your claim as follows:

 

"I'm saying from the secular/liberal perspective it's reasonable to conclude that if the child is not being harmed then it's not immoral. "

 

Nothing to do with the "original commenter".

[NorthernRyland]

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

"I'm saying from the secular/liberal perspective it's reasonable to conclude that if the child is not being harmed then it's not immoral. "

 

Ok, then I'll ask: what if the child consents, was the child harmed then?

[ozimoron]

6 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

Ok, then I'll ask: what if the child consents, was the child harmed then?

100% YES!

 

Children can't give consent to a crime.

 

Do NOT clip posts. I reported you for doing so. In a post about child exploitation it's critical that my posts are not misinterpreted.

[Dogmatix]

Above is a google translation of the source article from SVT Nyheter.Seems that the charges are related to invasion of privacy. The SVT Nyheter headline says he was running a sex network in Thailand but there is nothing in the article to support the sensationalist headline. It definitely seems unlikely that he could have taken all 75k odd photographs and 20k odd videos himself, even though there is a suggestion that he obtained pornagraphic footage from video calls. As others have suggested, it sounds more like he lifted stuff from the internet and repackaged it in a way that it could be monetized in Thailand where most of the customers are located.  In this case, it seems unlikely that he acted alone with Thai accomplices. How could a 23 Swedish guy be so fluent in Thai and knowledgeable of the underground porn culture that he could beat the locals at their own game and make good money from it. There is no suggesting that Thai police are bothering to take action against any accomplices in Thailand and probably the won't because they will be paid off and the Swedish guy will be the only person prosecuted.  I have seen some Thai LINE groups where people upload some porn, usually soft core, and show the FB or Instagram pages of the model which they may have tracked down through some kind of facial recognition software.  Perhaps he did something similar and maybe his value to the Thai crooks was that he was an IT guy.  Just guessing because the article provides very little meaningful information to go with its sensationalist headline.