Phuket Tourist Police rewarded for arrest of child pornographer
Saran Mitrarat


File photo of Shynkarenko (seated) after his arrest in Phuket. Photo Bangkok Post

PHUKET: -- Tourist Police commander Col Jirapop Phuridet yesterday received a recognition certificate from the USA’s Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for his part in the arrest of a wanted Ukrainian man in Phuket in 2009.

At the request of the US, Col Jirapop assisted in the arrest of Maxsim Shynkarenko, who had fled to Phuket after a US court issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of distributing child pornography via the internet for profit.

In the culmination of a three-year investigation in the US, Shynkarenko was indicted in 2008 on one count of conspiracy to transport and ship child pornography; 16 counts of transportation and shipment of child pornography; one count of conspiracy to advertise child pornography; 12 counts of advertising child pornography; one count of engaging in child exploitation enterprise; and one count of money laundering

Col Jirapop arrested Shynkarenko in January 2009 at a rented house in Chalong. Shynkarenko then spent three years fighting extradition. He lost, and was handed over to the US.

In August 2012, Shynkarenko, labelled by US authorities as “the most significant distributor of child pornography ever prosecuted in the US”, was arraigned and in January this year he pleaded guilty. In April he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The Bangkok-based Regional Attaché of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Brian McPherson, came to Phuket personally to thank the island’s Tourist Police and present Col Jirapop with a certificate of recognition.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-tourist-police-rewarded-for-arrest-of-child-pornographer-48691.php


-- Phuket News 2014-09-12

Well done, Tourist Police commander.

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Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

Good job, Commander.

30 years and this is a federal beef so there's no parole. 30 years in prison as a known child sex offender. Wouldn't want to be you, Stu.

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

His experience will depend on his personality. This will be hard time in a federal pen, and he'll be in isolation to protect him from other prisoners.

If he's a loner who can stand isolation locked in a steel cell where even the toilet is solid steel, he can do his 30 years. Otherwise he might go mad.

A lone bullet would be a lot cheaper.

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

Since the arrest was in 2009 I'm sure he now knows 'how to play drop the soap'.

I remember about 3 years ago they were openly selling child porn on beach road Pattaya. There was a video of a police man getting his kick back out side one the big shopping centers in Pattaya from one these porn sellers. Coming from the West I felt disgusted even seeing the front of the dvds that were on sale.

Ukrainian man?What is he doing here?His land is in war and they can better keep him there for to clear the minefields.

Great job, One less pariah off the internet/streets.

30 years and no parole? Now we're talking sensible sentencing. Maxsim gets the maximum.

I hope they found his money trail and arrested all his customers as well.

Dose any one knows where is the highest tree in Phuket is? when you find that tree, please hand

this low life from the highest branch using his camera strap for a noose....

Congratulations to the Tourist Police.

Just hope the "Porn-Peddler" finds a couple of "nice Husbands" in jail.

so when will they catch the makers?

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I remember about 3 years ago they were openly selling child porn on beach road Pattaya. There was a video of a police man getting his kick back out side one the big shopping centers in Pattaya from one these porn sellers. Coming from the West I felt disgusted even seeing the front of the dvds that were on sale.

You should also be equally disgusted that it could well have been a Westerner that took the video and made the covers.........................

Child porn is not specifically a Thai thing, but I will admit that like yourself, I find it hard to get my head round how they openly sell it in some areas.

Kinda ironic considering Phuket has a child prostitution problem.

Well done Phuket Tourist Police. Setting a high standard I hope others will follow.

He should be sent to England, and in the vain of 'A Clockwork Orange', have his eyes fastened opened and force to watch endless reruns of Pamala Anderson in Baywatch.

Just one small fish in a large ocean of filth...

He should be sent to England, and in the vain of 'A Clockwork Orange', have his eyes fastened opened and force to watch endless reruns of Pamala Anderson in Baywatch.

Naa, I think a 6 hour loop of breast implants gotten wrong, Botox fails and messed up tummy tucks for 18 hours per day, 7 days a week would do the trick

Or some facial surgery videos of his internet pal Michael Jackson

Dose any one knows where is the highest tree in Phuket is? when you find that tree, please hand

this low life from the highest branch using his camera strap for a noose....

Supply and demand... The guilt is not all on his shoulders...

Unless you have a work permit, you will need to employ a Thai to carry that out.

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

what the hell does that mean??

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I remember about 3 years ago they were openly selling child porn on beach road Pattaya. There was a video of a police man getting his kick back out side one the big shopping centers in Pattaya from one these porn sellers. Coming from the West I felt disgusted even seeing the front of the dvds that were on sale.

You should also be equally disgusted that it could well have been a Westerner that took the video and made the covers.........................

Child porn is not specifically a Thai thing, but I will admit that like yourself, I find it hard to get my head round how they openly sell it in some areas.

ummm do you think it has anything to do with oriental gents from Thailand, Cambodia, China, Japan and Korea etc being users both physically and

via photograph film media etc of children and child porn

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Latest word on this case...the criminal has petitioned the court...to be sent to a juvenile prison...where he can be rehabilitated...

30 years, I like it

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

"Since when is the rape or assault of any human being something to laugh about?'' Anthony Wyatt

He sadlyhas probably already been molested when he was a child.

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

what the hell does that mean??

You are in a communal shower in prison, you drop your soap, you have to bend down to get it, and, you're exposed. That's what it basically means.

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You should also be equally disgusted that it could well have been a Westerner that took the video and made the covers......................... alt=thumbsup.gif>

Child porn is not specifically a Thai thing, but I will admit that like yourself, I find it hard to get my head round how they openly sell it in some areas.

ummm do you think it has anything to do with oriental gents from Thailand, Cambodia, China, Japan and Korea etc being users both physically and

via photograph film media etc of children and child porn

Apologies, I bow to your knowledge.

I can honestly say I've never watched child porn; ain't gonna start any time soon either....................

Well he will learn how to play drop the soap soon, jail is to good for , this guy

what the hell does that mean??

You are in a communal shower in prison, you drop your soap, you have to bend down to get it, and, you're exposed. That's what it basically means.

'Frank'ly put