By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A 50-year-old Russian man suspected of using minor and teenaged girls to film child pornography videos has been arrested, police said Tuesday.
The suspect, a resident of Amur region, made explicit videos and took photographs of at least five girls, aged 10-14, including his stepdaughter, police said. A great number of video recordings and pictures of explicit sexual content involving children were found during the investigation.
“The children told police that their adult acquaintance frequently filmed and took pictures of naked girls and generously paid them for it,” they said.
The man, who worked as a guard at a hydropower plant, apparently used the facilities at his work to lure and abuse the children. He faces up to three years in jail.
According to official statistics, more than 1,300 instances of sexual violence against children, as well as 5,200 non-violent sexual offences against minors were reported in Russia in 2008.
Russian politicians are proposing a legal amendment making chemical castration compulsory for people convicted of sex crimes against children under the age of 14.