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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Child pornography is becoming increasingly common in South Africa – and approximately 150 000 images of explicit child content were seized from people in possession of it, with the intent to also create and distribute.<\/p>\n

This was revealed by Lieutenant-Colonel Heila Niemand, who on Tuesday was testifying in aggravation of sentence in the matter of Kevin Mulligan in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

The 69-year-old man was convicted of 186 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of distributing child pornography.<\/p>\n

In her testimony, Niemand said police had received countless leads of South Africans possessing, distributing or creating child pornography.<\/p>\n

The leads are received on a daily basis and, at times, police recover a high volume – as much as 150 000 images from these perpetrators, Niemand said.<\/p>\n

In 2010, a joint operation – called Cloud Nine – was conducted by SAPS in collaboration with the Belgian police.<\/p>\n

The operation, according to Niemand, focused on exposing a child pornography distribution ring operating in South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Mulligan was among the 12 South Africans arrested in the operation, said Niemand.<\/p>\n

One man was arrested and handed a 15-year jail sentence after being convicted for being in possession of child pornography, she said. He, however, appealed and his sentence was reduced to 10 years in jail.<\/p>\n

Another person Niemand mentioned in court was a 49-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to being in possession and distributing over 48 000 images of child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Another individual, from Krugersdorp, aged 40, was found in possession of about 23 000 images and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.<\/p>\n

According to Nieman, the number of people taking part in such crimes is alarming.<\/p>\n

“There is a close link between human trafficking and child pornography,” said Niemand.<\/p>\n

“Some of these children will be used for sexual exploitation by other perpetrators in the country.”<\/p>\n

She said the daunting part is that tracing the perpetrators was always hard – and harder still was identifying the victims in the pictures.<\/p>\n

“Some of them are never even found,” said Niemand.<\/p>\n

Arguments in the case will be held on Friday.<\/p>\n

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