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Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/beveiliging/77804-banken-gaan-rekeningen-internetcriminelen-sneller-blokkeren

Previously:

Dutch Judge: ING Bank Cannot Be Forced To Hand Over Personal Details Of Pirate Site Operator To BREIN
http://vrritti.com/2013/05/17/dutch-judge-ing-bank-cannot-be-forced-to-hand-over-personal-details-of-pirate-site-operator-to-brein/

BREIN Threat Of Criminal Prosecution Meaningless Because Dutch Government Issued Guideline Never To Criminally Prosecute Online Piracy
http://vrritti.com/2012/06/28/brein-threat-of-criminal-prosecution-meaningless-because-dutch-government-issued-guideline-never-to-criminally-prosecute-online-piracy/

Dutch ING Bank has agreed to pay a $619 million penalty for moving billions of dollars through the U.S. financial system at the behest of Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, Libya and Sudan, falsifying the records of New York financial institutions
http://vrritti.com/2012/06/13/dutch-ing-bank-has-agreed-to-pay-a-619-million-penalty-for-moving-billions-of-dollars-through-the-u-s-financial-system-at-the-behest-of-cuba-iran-myanmar-libya-and-sudan-falsifying-the-records-o/

Convicts: Ryan Cleary, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Ackroyd

Targets included the CIA, the U.S. Air Force, Sony Pictures, games maker EA, News International and the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency

  • hacking into the US Air Force’s computers and possession of indecent images of babies and children;
  • possession of images showing child abuse;
  • stealing emails, credit card details and passwords from their targets’ computer servers and crashing victims’ websites with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks;
  • providing the software to carry out attacks and posting stolen data online;
  • stealing data from Sony;
  • redirecting visitors trying to visit the Sun newspaper’s site to a fake story about News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch committing suicide;
  • an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer;
  • hacking and launching cyber-attacks against organisations including the CIA and Soca.

More:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22552753

Says he has documents from the Turkish ministries of the Interior, Defense and more recently from the Ministry of Justice. The documents were allegedly given to Dutch prosecutors who did not want to follow up on them…

English Language Radio Broadcast & Interview with Hüseyin Baybaşin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7M_cDuEyYSQ#t=2575s

Previously:

Hüseyin Baybaşin. Portrayed by Wikipedia as Europe’s Pablo EscobarHe claims that he was and still is incarcerated in The Netherlands allegedly as a result of the Turkish government putting pressure on Joris Demmink, using information about Demmink’s alleged sexual abuse of minors (during visits to Turkey from 1995 to 2000, while making use of multiple aliases) to move him to act against Baybasin, who in turn would be able to disclose sensitive information about Turkish government officials engaging in drug trafficking activities. The evidence and complaint Baybasin has put forward has been regarded by the Dutch Court of Law as non-relevant as Baybasin is not a victim of Demmink’s alleged abuse himself. Fact remains that Joris Demmink has paid a visit to Baybasin’s prison facility in the past, resulting in Baybasin being put in isolation for the duration of the visit. Another issue is the alleged tampering with intercepted telephone communications of Baybasin as well as faulty transcripts of those communications by enforcement officials.
http://vrritti.com/2012/10/17/who-are-the-individuals-accusing-joris-demmink-of-unlawful-acts-what-are-the-accusations-about/

“Baybasin Case Is Being Used As Pressure Means ‘To Get The Turkish Authorities To Do Something In Another Case’” (Joris Demmink Case)
http://vrritti.com/2012/10/31/baybasin-case-is-being-used-as-pressure-means-to-get-the-turkish-authorities-to-do-something-in-another-case-joris-demmink-case/

and

http://vrritti.com/?s=baybasin

http://vrritti.com/?s=demmink&submit=Search

“We started to joke that we could tell the AdWords people, ‘We want to kill baby seals,’ and they’d tell us how to do it”

At one point during a meeting with Whitaker and his lawyer, the Feds asked him how he had grown his online enterprise. Whitaker’s answer was immediate: He had used Google AdWords. In fact, he claimed, Google employees had actively helped him advertise his business, even though he had made no attempt to hide its illegal nature. It was reasonable to assume, Whitaker said, that Google was helping other rogue Internet pharmacies too.

If true, this would be a bombshell. This was Google, after all. Since its founding, the search giant had prided itself on being a different kind of corporation, the “don’t be evil” company. And for almost as long, its open-to-all-comers ad policy had come under scrutiny.

Online pharmacies were a particular sticking point; in 2003, three separate congressional committees initiated inquiries into the matter. On July 22, 2004, a month before Google went public, Sheryl Sandberg—at the time Google vice president of global online sales and operations—testified before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Legislators had proposed two bills that would regulate online pharmaceutical sales, but Sandberg argued that the measures would be unduly burdensome. She said that Google employed a third-party verification service to vet online pharmacies. She also described Google’s own automated monitoring system and the creation of a team of Google employees dedicated to enforcing all of the company’s pharmaceutical ad policies.

“Google has taken strong voluntarily [sic] measures—going beyond existing legal requirements—to ensure that our advertising services protect our users by providing access to safe and reliable information,” she testified. Neither bill made it out of committee. (Sandberg, now Facebook’s chief operating officer, declined to comment or be interviewed for this story.)

The agents seemed skeptical of Whitaker’s claims and spent the next 10 months following up on them. But they apparently found the story plausible, because now Whitaker was being driven to a Providence, Rhode Island, postal inspector’s office to launch the US government’s undercover investigation into one of the world’s most admired, profitable, and powerful companies.

“The culpability went far higher than the sales reps (…) We simply know from the documents we reviewed and witnesses we interviewed that Larry Page knew what was going on”

Much more:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/05/google-pharma-whitaker-sting/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/indonesia_bsa_piracy_crackdown/

…or regarding the atrocities in the Soviet Union for that matter…And by her logic, she would probably not support the persecution of (old) Nazis…

Barbara Hewson writes:

  • With its emphasis on outcomes over process, the post-Savile witch-hunting of ageing celebs echoes the Soviet Union.
  • I do not support the persecution of old men. The manipulation of the rule of law by the Savile Inquisition – otherwise known as Operation Yewtree – and its attendant zealots poses a far graver threat to society than anything Jimmy Savile ever did.
  • What is strikingly different today is how Britain’s law-enforcement apparatus has been infiltrated by moral crusaders, like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC). Both groups take part in Operation Yewtree, which looks into alleged offences both by and not by Savile.
  • These pressure groups have a vested interest in universalising the notion of abuse, making it almost as prevalent as original sin, but with the modern complication that it carries no possibility of redemption, only ‘survival’. The problem with this approach is that it makes abuse banal, and reduces the sympathy that we should feel for victims of really serious assaults.
  • But the most remarkable facet of the Savile scandal is how adult complainants are invited to act like children. Hence we have witnessed the strange spectacle of mature adults calling a children’s charity to complain about the distant past.
  • (Is she really suggesting that the following is the only type of conduct displayed by Savile and his friends???) Touching a 17-year-old’s breast, kissing a 13-year-old, or putting one’s hand up a 16-year-old’s skirt, are not remotely comparable to the horrors of the Ealing Vicarage assaults and gang rape, or the Fordingbridge gang rape and murders, both dating from 1986. Anyone suggesting otherwise has lost touch with reality.
  • Ordinarily, Hall’s misdemeanors would not be prosecuted, and certainly not decades after the event. What we have here is the manipulation of the British criminal-justice system to produce scapegoats on demand. It is a grotesque spectacle.
  • It’s time to end this prurient charade, which has nothing to do with justice or the public interest. Adults and law-enforcement agencies must stop fetishising victimhood. Instead, we should focus on arming today’s youngsters with the savoir-faire and social skills to avoid drifting into compromising situations, and prosecute modern crime. As for law reform, now regrettably necessary, my recommendations are: remove complainant anonymity; introduce a strict statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions and civil actions; and reduce the age of consent to 13. (Ah, what she actually may be after is damage control in relation her group of close friends, by limiting the amount of potential targets and complainants. We have seen that one before…The only thing that Hewson is proving here is that the police in the UK is doing a good job and some people are finally starting to feel threatened).

More:
http://www.spiked-online.com/site/article/13604/

More:
http://vrritti.com/?s=savile

A schoolgirl was repeatedly raped by newspaper tycoon Eddy Shah after being ‘sold’ to him for £650, a court heard today.

Prostitute Susan Davies allegedly handed the 14-year-old over to the businessman for sex in order to settle her credit card debts.

The victim told a jury at the Old Bailey that she was forced to visit Shah’s ‘grand’ suites with ‘high ceilings’ in top London hotels and perform sex acts on him.

In the second day of testimony in the rape trial of Shah, Davies and her former lover Anthony Pallant, the woman, now 34, described the first time she was allegedly abused by the founder of Today.

Shah, 69, handed the cash over to Davies, 53, the victim said, adding: ‘She said it was the most money he had ever given her.

‘I was sold for £650 to pay for credit card bills.’

(…)

Shah, who is charged under his real name Selim Shah, ran the now-defunct Today newspaper and was best known for bringing in new technology and colour printing.

He, Davies and Pallant are charged with 13 separate sex attacks on the girl between 1991 and 1995, all of which they deny.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2321423/Schoolgirl-14-sold-tycoon-Eddy-Shah-650-settle-credit-card-debts.html

  • The Dutch government does NOT take cyber security risks seriously;
  • Politicians and officials are denying and ignoring the problems;

Professor Van Till states:

“It’s incredible that there are still so many people in high places that have absolutely no clue about networks”

“People don’t need to have knowledge about everything. But they do need more knowledge than they currently have. And otherwise they should go and play golf or something.”

In addition to those embarrassing observations, CEO Ronald Prins of Fox-IT stated: “The Netherlands is lacking direction on a high level. People are only learning on the basis of security incidents.”

He also argued that the Dutch government will only take action after the fact. The country is lacking a mechanism for proactive and preventative action…

Dutch language news article:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/21549331/__Gevaren_internet_ontkend__.html

People and businesses are more and more doing the exact opposite of what they have promised or are supposed to be doing…

  • fake academics, doctors and psychologists;
  • fixed football matches;
  • corrupt politicians;
  • corrupt judges;
  • priests and youth care workers engaging in sexual abuse of children;
  • product manufacturers intentionally selling products that do not live up to promises or are completely fraudulent;

Showing one’s vulnerability is no longer being tolerated. Ideals are no longer being appreciated.

Dutch language news article:
http://www.elsevier.nl/Nederland/blogs/2013/5/De-roep-om-een-eerlijke-samenleving-wordt-steeds-groter-1248314W/

 

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-govt-attack-on-megaupload-bears-hallmarks-of-digital-gitmo-130507/

http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-launches-frontal-attack-on-white-house-corruption-130507/

A German district court in the western city of Aachen has handed down one of the harshest sentences for abetting copyright infringement: three years and 10 months in prison.

The 33-year-old alleged operator of the Russian-hosted torrent.to, who was named only as “Jens. R” in court documents, remains under investigation for fraudulent bankruptcy filings and embezzlement. Other than pleading not guilty, Jens R. did not offer a defense in the case and is expected to appeal.

Like similar sites, such as the Pirate Bay, the defendant was accused of selling ads against links to torrent files.

More:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/german-court-convicts-sentences-bittorrent-site-operator-to-nearly-4-years/

Holder will be in New Zealand to join the Quintet meeting with his four counterpart Attorneys General from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

But Kim Dotcom — the notorious Auckland-based, German-born internet entrepreneur and founder of the massive global file-sharing websites Megaupload and Mega — is working hard to ensure that Holder’s fleeting visit is neither unnoticed nor routine. Kim Dotcom is offering $500 to anyone who can capture footage of Holder in Auckland and set it to music — specifically Dotcom’s own Megaupload song.

Dotcom has a gripe with Eric Holder. It is the United States Attorney General who is leading the effort to extradite Kim Dotcom to the United States to face copyright, racketeering, money-laundering and other charges, laid out in a 72-page indictmentfiled by the United States government last year.

More:
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/dirty-tricks-dotcom/610/

See also:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/05/03/usa-courts-holder-megaupload-idINDEE94200920130503

And remember that Thais are also victims of such criminal networks. Piracy hinders the development of the country’s creative economy and this affects far more people than the selfish minority who profit from counterfeiting and online theft.

More:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/348337/a-needless-blame-game

People with computer skills can engage in all sorts of legal and illegal activities on behalf of all sorts of “friends”. Cyber criminals are always looking for a variety of opportunities while enforcement authorities leave it to the “illegal act” and related section(s) in the national penal code to decide whether or not they will act against cyber criminals (and their “associates”)…

In November “MG” was interrogated again but refused to have a lawyer present. After being shown chatlogs he told his interrogators that “tLt” was Gottfrid Svartholm.

Evidence also gathered from MG included forensics on his cellphone which revealed tools for cracking WiFi networks. Text documents within them contained the exact same login credentials used to access Logica’s servers. The same data was found on his Ubuntu One cloud storage account. MG later went on to admit that he had used the name “diROX” online.

MG denied that he’d downloaded any data through the tax intrusions but admitted carrying out queries on his friends. The interrogator asked ‘MG’ if those friends are members of the “Hells Angels” – MG said that was possible.

What followed next was an exchange where MG implied he was scared for his safety so couldn’t say anything more. His interrogators suggested things were still going to look bad for him with his ‘friends’ whether he cooperated or not. MG’s lawyer stepped in and put an end to the approach.

(…)

Gottfrid also admitted to owning two computers, a desktop and a Macbook, that were found in his Cambodia apartment. He said the computers were used as servers, not by him personally, and were accessed via the Internet by individuals he admitted knowing and meeting.

“These people then, who have accessed [the servers]. Do you want to say something about them?” the interrogator asked.

Gottfrid responded “No…[..] because I fear for my own life.”

Much more:
http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-lawyers-computer-account-used-in-pirate-bay-founder-hacking-case-130504/

See also:
http://vrritti.com/?s=svartholm

Dutch institute argues that Shisha, E-Shisha and E-Hookah pens could contain some ingredients that are also found in the smoke of normal cigarettes. These toxins can cause cancer under certain conditions. Some of these pens do appear to contain nicotine as well. More research is needed to make final conclusions but although the Shisha pens do not contain tobacco, they do contain propylene glycol. According to a 2010 study by Karlstad University, the concentrations of PGEs, propylene glycol and glycol ethers in indoor air, particularly bedroom air, has been linked to increased risk of developing numerous respiratory and immune disorders in children, including asthmahay fevereczema, and allergies, with increased risk ranging from 50% to 180%. This concentration has been linked to use of water-based paints and water-based system cleansers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene_glycol#Safety

Other ingredients are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycerol and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triacetin

More importantly, people are wondering to what extent this will trigger children to eventually switch from Shisha pens to cigarettes…

Dutch language source material:

http://www.trimbos.nl/~/media/Files/Gratis%20downloads/AF1226%20Factsheet%20NET%20Shishapen.ashx

http://shishapen.luondo.nl/

See also:

Birmingham Community Healthcare’s stop smoking team works with other public agencies to raise awareness of the dangers to health arising from smoking shisha, which has grown in popularity among young people.

A shisha awareness advert was shown in Birmingham cinemas in 2012 in a drive to tackle an increased trend for social smoking of the flavoured tobacco.

BCHC teamed up with other NHS organisations and Birmingham City Council to develop the short information film.

Smoking shisha is becoming increasingly popular in student areas and growing numbers of young people are viewing the pastime as an accepted social norm, believing the sweetened, flavoured tobacco less harmful than normal cigarettes.

More:
http://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/about-us/services-directory/adults-and-communities/citywide-services/stop-smoking/campaigns-and-resources/shisha/

It was found that Shisha have nicotine levels in about half of the total blood levels of nicotine in the blood of smokers. It was also found that lower levels can still cause addiction.

The researchers also found that carbon monoxide levels in the breath of the participants with Shisha 2.5 times higher than that of smokers. Though this is carbon monoxide which can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden death in people who have heart disease or lung disease.

In addition, researchers also examine the urine of participants and found that Shisha has significant levels of benzene higher than in smokers. Benzene is a risk factor associated with leukemia.

“From these results, the most concern is the risk of leukemia associated with exposure to high levels of benzene to suck like a Shisha water pipe,” said the author of researchers from UC San Francisco, as quoted by the LA Times.

More:
http://cancersign.us/shisha-is-not-safer-than-cigarettes.html

Robert J. Rubinstein (b.1952) is a Social Entrepreneur and the founder and driving force behind TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investing) Group, a group that specializes in Environmental, Social and Governance ESG and Impact Investing, using Triple Bottom Line principles.

He’s also the founder of ‘De Roestige Spijker‘, a website dedicated to the Joris Demmink Case.

On 29th April he was interviewed while on ‘Talk To Myra’ radio. Here are his most important thoughts and observations regarding The Netherlands and how that country is (not) dealing with Joris Demmink:

  1. The Netherlands has done NOTHING to address the Demmink issue;
  2. The Netherlands is the center for child and human trafficking in Europe;
  3. There has to be a court case which will allow witnesses to testify;
  4. Dutch media have hardly paid any attention to the Demmink case;
  5. The Dutch ‘lobbying team’ which recently visited the U.S. is made up of individuals of which one thinks “Why aren’t you doing your job?” They should be investigating all the various allegations. Instead they’re using their job position to cover everything up and to lobby for preservation of the Tier 1 Status of The Netherlands;
  6. Taking into account all allegations and stories about Demmink, all the organizations now acting against Demmink, people are still protecting him;
  7. All of Demmink’s legal expenses are being reimbursed by the Dutch taxpayer, this probably also applies to the next 4-5 years, even now he has retired;
  8. “Why are they protecting him? Only because he had sex with minors? I don’t think so”
  9. Demmink admitted to having been sloppy with his expense reports, and they’re still not acting against him;
  10. He made so many mistakes and he is still being protected heavily. There must something very serious at hand. So serious that people do not even want to talk about it;
  11. “Perhaps The Netherlands have engaged in all sorts of things which Demmink has cleaned up and people don’t want that to be investigated”;
  12. What could The Netherlands have done which is worse that what Demmink is being accused of?
  13. This is about the Uber Elite, one is not allowed to touch the Uber Elite;
  14. There are a lot of people who have information about Demmink. As long as they keep silent, do not come forward and are not protected as being potential whistleblowers, Demmink has not much to fear…
  15. Demmink has prosecutors lobby on his behalf and Dutch taxpayers are paying for it. And nobody seems to be upset by this;
  16. What is it with Dutch culture which prevents people from acting against this? Probably State Controlled Media, no protection for whistleblowers and an Uber Elite which tries to control everything. “As long as nobody speaks up, nothing will change“;
  17. It would be much better if people working within the Dutch Justice Department would step forward and say “This is the truth about Joris Demmink”;
  18. Demmink will not be the only one to go down, he will pull down everyone with him“;
  19. There were a whole bunch of ‘enablers’ who allowed Demmink to do all this because it would contribute to their goals;
  20. If people, whistleblowers, [in The Netherlands] were to be genuinely protected, it would cause a tsunami of complaints;
  21. Baybasin has to be released;
  22. All victims have to be compensated;
  23. A Truth and Reconciliation Commission has to be established;
  24. Why aren’t there any independent child advocacy organizations in The Netherlands, considering that it is the center of the world in relation to child trafficking and 30% of all online child abuse images in the world is being hosted on Dutch servers. Answer: because one is asking the Dutch government to investigate itself;
  25. People should do more to act against all this. Posting a retweet is not enough. People should confront politicians about this;
  26. In The Netherlands there is a fake democracy. It is a show. The Dutch society deserves better than this;
  27. There so much material about Demmink but Dutch media are not doing anything with it;
  28. Legal Law School of Georgetown is preparing legal action against Demmink;
  29. As long as Harro Knijff can intimidate people – and  most people are cowards – he will succeed to keep the media from doing anything;
  30. As long as there is no court case there will be no opportunity to hear witnesses and no media attention. They will be able to continue to cover everything up. That’s the game…
  31. They can intimidate the Dutch media but they will unable to intimidate foreign press and politicians;
  32. “People have to do the right thing, not only what’s good for their career”

Source material:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Rubinstein

http://www.boublog.nl/28/03/2013/robert-rubinstein-spreekt-met-myra/

http://www.klokkenluideronline.is/artikel/23236/rubinstein-over-the-demmink-affair

Rubinstein

Previously:

http://vrritti.com/?s=demmink&submit=Search

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-moves-to-sx-as-prosecutor-files-motion-to-seize-domains-130430/

http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-authorities-target-pirate-bay-again-police-question-founder-in-prison-130430/

Much of the prosecution’s evidence was obtained from a computer seized from Gottfrid. The Pirate Bay co-founder says that the information was placed there via the Internet but he won’t name the culprit out of fear of reprisals.

More:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-founder-on-trial-next-month-facing-societal-damage-claims-130429/

Previously:
http://vrritti.com/?s=svartholm

Is Demmink too big to fail?

Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Lucas Hartong, a Dutch Member of the European Parliament, met last week with human rights students at Georgetown Law School, organized by the student President Stephanie Redfield, to discuss charges of child sex abuse against the former Secretary General of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the lack of an official investigation into these charges by the government of the Netherlands.

(…)

Mr. Hartong learned that any investigation of Mr. Demmink’s behavior in Turkey, where two of the victims have filed charges of sex abuse, rest on the determination of the dates that Demmink was in Turkey.

The Dutch government and the Netherlands Embassy in the U.S. have repeatedly claimed that all documentation during the time in question was burned in a fire, and that no records remain.

This January, Mr. Hartong brought written questions to the floor of the European Parliament in an attempt to get the dates of Mr. Demmink’s travel to Turkey.  The parliamentary procedure called “tabling” is a formal request for information and requires a written response from the EP in three weeks.  Months passed, with no response.  In February, Mr. Hartong was informed that his questions would be discussed at a meeting of the General Affairs Council of the Council of Ministers that is comprised of 27 member states.  Mr. Hartong was invited to the discussion.  However, upon his arrival at the meeting, he was summarily threatened by arrest and escorted out.  Last week, Mr. Hartong received an oddly worded response to his questions that failed to provide any travel information about Mr. Demmink and Turkey.

More:
https://www.demminkdoofpot.nl/downloads/files/RP_Press%20Release%20April%2025%20Georgetown.doc

and

http://www.katholieknieuwsblad.nl/nieuws/item/3826-pvver-bedreigd-door-eu-over-demmink.html
https://www.demminkdoofpot.nl/pagina/module/pvver-hartong-bedreigd-door-eu-o.html
http://www.klokkenluideronline.is/artikel/23231/zaak-demmink-ep-lid-pvv-geintimideerd

Previously:
http://vrritti.com/?s=demmink

Spanish Bunker

Spanish bunker 2

Video material can be found here:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21521153/__Cyberaanval_vanuit_bunker__.html

Previously:

Cyberbunker Operator And DDOS Suspect Sven Olaf Kamphuis Operated From Bunker In Spain As Well As His Mobile “Hacker Van”
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/28/cyberbunker-operator-and-ddos-suspect-sven-olaf-kamphuis-operated-from-bunker-in-spain-as-well-as-his-mobile-hacker-van/

Cyberbunker Operator And Alleged Spamhaus DOS Attacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis Arrested In Spain
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/26/cyberbunker-operator-and-alleged-spamhaus-dos-attacker-sven-olaf-kamphuis-arrested-in-spain/

“It was all Photoshop,” says Guido Blaauw (aka Rik van Esser?), of Bunkerinfra Datacenters (fka Cyberbunker), and Kamphuis fled to Spain
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/08/it-was-all-photoshop-says-guido-blaauw-aka-rik-van-esser-of-bunkerinfra-datacenters-aka-cyberbunker-and-kamphuis-fled-to-spain/

It seems clear that the CB3ROB network hijacked one (or more) of the IP addresses of Spamhaus, and installed a DNS server there which incorrectly returns positive results to every query (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/it-seems-clear-that-the-cb3rob-network-hijacked-one-or-more-of-the-ip-addresses-of-spamhaus-and-installed-a-dns-server-there-which-incorrectly-returns-positive-results-to-every-query-cyberbunker/

“Yo anons, we could use a little help in shutting down illegal slander and blackmail censorship project ‘spamhaus.org,’” Cyberbunker’s Sven Kamphuis wrote on his Facebook wall March 23
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/yo-anons-we-could-use-a-little-help-in-shutting-down-illegal-slander-and-blackmail-censorship-project-spamhaus-org-cyberbunkers-sven-kamphuis-wrote-on-his-facebook-wal/

Current owner of “NATO bunker” – Bunkerinfra Datacenters – states that “Cyberbunker” and Sven Olaf Kamphuis have left the building
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/current-owner-of-nato-bunker-bunkerinfra-datacenters-states-that-cyberbunker-and-sven-olaf-kamphuis-have-left-the-building/

Let’s start with some truth. The “Cyberbunker attack” did reach upwards of 300 Gb/sec and is the largest recorded DDoS to date
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/lets-start-with-some-truth-the-cyberbunker-attack-did-reach-upwards-of-300-gbsec-and-is-the-largest-recorded-ddos-to-date/

The Cyberbunker Revisited: The American Dream, Swindlers, Aliases, Big Money, Fraud, Dope, Governments And…Terrorists?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/the-cyberbunker-revisited-the-american-dream-swindlers-aliases-big-money-fraud-dope-governments-and-terrorists/

In Spamhaus’s view, cb3rob is the worst spam ISP in the world (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/in-spamhauss-view-cb3rob-is-the-worst-spam-isp-in-the-world-cyberbunker/

How Spamhaus’ attackers turned DNS into a weapon of mass destruction (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/how-spamhaus-attackers-turned-dns-into-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-cyberbunker/

Cloudflare reveals details of ‘world’s biggest’ cyber attack (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cloudflare-reveals-details-of-worlds-biggest-cyber-attack-cyberbunker/

Blast From The Past: “I guess all I can say is I’ll take what I can get” (Cyberbunker, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB, XTC, Porn, Pirate Bay, WikiLeaks, Fake WHOIS, Leaked Prefix, IP Tunnel)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/blast-from-the-past-i-guess-all-i-can-say-is-ill-take-what-i-can-get-cyberbunker-sven-olaf-kamphuis-cb3rob-xtc-porn-pirate-bay-wikileaks-fake-whois-leaked-prefix-ip-tunnel/

The sheer scale of the attack by Cyberbunker is having an impact on services like Netflix and could eventually affect banking, email and other systems
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/the-sheer-scale-of-the-attack-by-cyberbunker-is-having-an-impact-on-services-like-netflix-and-could-eventually-affect-banking-email-and-other-systems/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis To SpiegelOnline: “I brought in a few of my customers (…) and then it all started”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-to-spiegelonline-i-brought-in-a-few-of-my-customers-and-then-it-all-started/

Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the unprecedented Denial of Service attacks by Cyberbunker
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/five-national-cyber-police-forces-are-investigating-the-unprecedented-denial-of-service-attacks-by-cyberbunker/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis: “They (SpamHaus) Think That They Are In Charge On The Internet, But WE Are In Charge”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-they-spamhaus-think-that-they-are-in-charge-on-the-internet-but-we-are-in-charge/

Has Cyberbunker Launched The Largest Publicly Announced DDoS Attack In The History Of The Internet?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/27/has-cyberbunker-launched-the-largest-publicly-announced-ddos-attack-in-the-history-of-the-internet/

A2B Internet to sue Spamhaus for extortion. Spamhaus accused of threatening A2B and its customers with “Denial of Service” attacks if A2B would refrain from taking action against “Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks hoster” Cyberbunker / CB3ROB
http://vrritti.com/2011/10/11/a2b-internet-to-sue-spamhaus-for-extortion-spamhaus-accused-of-threatening-a2b-and-its-customers-with-denial-of-service-attacks-if-a2b-would-refrain-from-taking-action-against-pirate-bay-and-wi/

http://www.coastweek.com/3617_34.htm

Chinese authorities have shut down two movie pirating websites in a clampdown on both online and offline piracy. YYeTs.com suddenly closed down on April 25th, but a notice on the site’s official Sina Weibo account says that it’s only temporary. The other site, Siluhd.com (Silu HD) was forcibly taken down and CEO Zhou Mou and eight other employees reportedly arrested.

Silu HD is said to be China’s biggest piracy site of HD movies, and has been online in plain sight for over a decade. It claims to have 140 million registered users, Chinese media reports that the Silu HD site was subtle, hiding its movies behind a paywall.

YYeTs was less subtle and operated a blatant movie download site. The service hasn’t gone down without a fight, and its semi-deactivated homepage currently directs users towards other URLs where they can download pirated content.

http://advanced-television.com/2013/04/26/china-shuts-down-movie-piracy-websites/

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/32072/iceland-wikileaks-and-the-pirate-bay

  • The bunker was located in the northern regions of Spain. The Spanish Interior Ministry said Sunday that officers uncovered the computer hacker’s bunker, “from where he even did interviews.”;
  • His “hacker van” had multiple antennas to allow him to break into networks at various locations. Investigators say the suspect traveled in Spain using his van “as a mobile computing office, equipped with various antennas to scan frequencies.”;
  • According to the Spanish Ministry of Interior the suspect called himself the ‘Minister of Telecommunications and Foreign Affairs’ of the ‘Republic CyberBunker’.

Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/3409573/nederlandse-ddos-verdachte-werkte-vanuit-bunker.html

English language news article:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cyberattack-suspect-had-bunker-north-spain

Previously:

Pictures And Video From Within The Spanish Hideout Of Cyberbunker Operator Sven Olaf Kamphuis
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/28/pictures-and-video-from-within-the-spanish-hideout-of-cyberbunker-operator-sven-olaf-kamphuis/

Cyberbunker Operator And Alleged Spamhaus DOS Attacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis Arrested In Spain
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/26/cyberbunker-operator-and-alleged-spamhaus-dos-attacker-sven-olaf-kamphuis-arrested-in-spain/

“It was all Photoshop,” says Guido Blaauw (aka Rik van Esser?), of Bunkerinfra Datacenters (fka Cyberbunker), and Kamphuis fled to Spain
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/08/it-was-all-photoshop-says-guido-blaauw-aka-rik-van-esser-of-bunkerinfra-datacenters-aka-cyberbunker-and-kamphuis-fled-to-spain/

It seems clear that the CB3ROB network hijacked one (or more) of the IP addresses of Spamhaus, and installed a DNS server there which incorrectly returns positive results to every query (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/it-seems-clear-that-the-cb3rob-network-hijacked-one-or-more-of-the-ip-addresses-of-spamhaus-and-installed-a-dns-server-there-which-incorrectly-returns-positive-results-to-every-query-cyberbunker/

“Yo anons, we could use a little help in shutting down illegal slander and blackmail censorship project ‘spamhaus.org,’” Cyberbunker’s Sven Kamphuis wrote on his Facebook wall March 23
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/yo-anons-we-could-use-a-little-help-in-shutting-down-illegal-slander-and-blackmail-censorship-project-spamhaus-org-cyberbunkers-sven-kamphuis-wrote-on-his-facebook-wal/

Current owner of “NATO bunker” – Bunkerinfra Datacenters – states that “Cyberbunker” and Sven Olaf Kamphuis have left the building
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/current-owner-of-nato-bunker-bunkerinfra-datacenters-states-that-cyberbunker-and-sven-olaf-kamphuis-have-left-the-building/

Let’s start with some truth. The “Cyberbunker attack” did reach upwards of 300 Gb/sec and is the largest recorded DDoS to date
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/lets-start-with-some-truth-the-cyberbunker-attack-did-reach-upwards-of-300-gbsec-and-is-the-largest-recorded-ddos-to-date/

The Cyberbunker Revisited: The American Dream, Swindlers, Aliases, Big Money, Fraud, Dope, Governments And…Terrorists?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/the-cyberbunker-revisited-the-american-dream-swindlers-aliases-big-money-fraud-dope-governments-and-terrorists/

In Spamhaus’s view, cb3rob is the worst spam ISP in the world (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/in-spamhauss-view-cb3rob-is-the-worst-spam-isp-in-the-world-cyberbunker/

How Spamhaus’ attackers turned DNS into a weapon of mass destruction (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/how-spamhaus-attackers-turned-dns-into-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-cyberbunker/

Cloudflare reveals details of ‘world’s biggest’ cyber attack (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cloudflare-reveals-details-of-worlds-biggest-cyber-attack-cyberbunker/

Blast From The Past: “I guess all I can say is I’ll take what I can get” (Cyberbunker, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB, XTC, Porn, Pirate Bay, WikiLeaks, Fake WHOIS, Leaked Prefix, IP Tunnel)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/blast-from-the-past-i-guess-all-i-can-say-is-ill-take-what-i-can-get-cyberbunker-sven-olaf-kamphuis-cb3rob-xtc-porn-pirate-bay-wikileaks-fake-whois-leaked-prefix-ip-tunnel/

The sheer scale of the attack by Cyberbunker is having an impact on services like Netflix and could eventually affect banking, email and other systems
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/the-sheer-scale-of-the-attack-by-cyberbunker-is-having-an-impact-on-services-like-netflix-and-could-eventually-affect-banking-email-and-other-systems/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis To SpiegelOnline: “I brought in a few of my customers (…) and then it all started”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-to-spiegelonline-i-brought-in-a-few-of-my-customers-and-then-it-all-started/

Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the unprecedented Denial of Service attacks by Cyberbunker
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/five-national-cyber-police-forces-are-investigating-the-unprecedented-denial-of-service-attacks-by-cyberbunker/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis: “They (SpamHaus) Think That They Are In Charge On The Internet, But WE Are In Charge”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-they-spamhaus-think-that-they-are-in-charge-on-the-internet-but-we-are-in-charge/

Has Cyberbunker Launched The Largest Publicly Announced DDoS Attack In The History Of The Internet?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/27/has-cyberbunker-launched-the-largest-publicly-announced-ddos-attack-in-the-history-of-the-internet/

A2B Internet to sue Spamhaus for extortion. Spamhaus accused of threatening A2B and its customers with “Denial of Service” attacks if A2B would refrain from taking action against “Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks hoster” Cyberbunker / CB3ROB
http://vrritti.com/2011/10/11/a2b-internet-to-sue-spamhaus-for-extortion-spamhaus-accused-of-threatening-a2b-and-its-customers-with-denial-of-service-attacks-if-a2b-would-refrain-from-taking-action-against-pirate-bay-and-wi/

Word has leaked out that the London-based firm ICAP, the world’s largest broker of interest-rate swaps, is being investigated by American authorities for behavior that sounds eerily reminiscent of the Libor mess. Regulators are looking into whether or not a small group of brokers at ICAP may have worked with up to 15 of the world’s largest banks to manipulate ISDAfix, a benchmark number used around the world to calculate the prices of interest-rate swaps.

Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of their use is almost unimaginably massive. It’s about a $379 trillion market, meaning that any manipulation would affect a pile of assets about 100 times the size of the United States federal budget.

Much more:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425

The Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office today announced that:

  • Alleged Spamhaus DOS attacker Sven Olaf Kamphuis (35) has been arrested in Spain;
  • He is now officially a suspect in relation to the attacks on Spamhaus;
  • Computers and mobile devices have been seized;
  • Eurojust has enabled the Team High Tech Crime in The Netherlands to get their hands on Kamphuis;

The Public Prosecutor’s Office specifically adds that:

There are no indications that the attack on SpamHaus is related to the recent cyber attacks on Dutch banks, payment processor iDeal and public services portal DigiD.

It is not clear just how Dutch authorities are already able to conclude this or anything else for that matter, as the suspect has yet to be handed over to them and relevant data on the confiscated devices may not have been investigated just yet.

Also, in addition to Kamphuis, the Spamhaus organization may have had more enemies, eager to join relevant campaigns. Those  enemies may have shared an ideology which would make it logical for all of them to join forces (something which Kamphuis pretty much indicated himself in various interviews)…and perhaps they could have decided to act against more than just one single adversary…

To illustrate this:

Russian Business Network

The Russian Business Network (commonly abbreviated as RBN) is a multi-faceted cybercrime organization, specializing in and in some cases monopolizing personal identity theft for resale. It is the originator of MPack and an alleged operator of the now defunct Storm botnet.[1][2][3]

The RBN, which is notorious for its hosting of illegal and dubious businesses, originated as an Internet service provider for child pornographyphishingspam, and malware distribution physically based inSt. PetersburgRussia. By 2007, it developed partner and affiliate marketing techniques in many countries to provide a method for organized crime to target victims internationally.[4]

(…)

According to a since closed Spamhaus report, RBN is “Among the world’s worst spammermalwarephishing and cybercrime hosting networks. Provides ‘bulletproof hosting‘, but is probably involved in the crime too”. Another Spamhaus report states, “Endless Russian/Ukranian funded cybercrime hosting [at this network].”[11]

October 13, 2007, RBN was the subject of a Washington Post article,[12] in which Symantec and other security firms claim RBN provides hosting for many illegal activities, including identity theft and phishing.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Business_Network

Dutch language news articles and press release:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/21518021/__Arrest_NL_er_cyberaanvallen__.html
http://www.nu.nl/internet/3408594/nederlander-aangehouden-grootschalige-ddos-aanval.html
http://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuws-persberichten/@160856/nederlander/

Previously:

Pictures And Video From Within The Spanish Hideout Of Cyberbunker Operator Sven Olaf Kamphuis
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/28/pictures-and-video-from-within-the-spanish-hideout-of-cyberbunker-operator-sven-olaf-kamphuis/

Cyberbunker Operator And DDOS Suspect Sven Olaf Kamphuis Operated From Bunker In Spain As Well As His Mobile “Hacker Van”
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/28/cyberbunker-operator-and-ddos-suspect-sven-olaf-kamphuis-operated-from-bunker-in-spain-as-well-as-his-mobile-hacker-van/

“It was all Photoshop,” says Guido Blaauw (aka Rik van Esser?), of Bunkerinfra Datacenters (fka Cyberbunker), and Kamphuis fled to Spain
http://vrritti.com/2013/04/08/it-was-all-photoshop-says-guido-blaauw-aka-rik-van-esser-of-bunkerinfra-datacenters-aka-cyberbunker-and-kamphuis-fled-to-spain/

It seems clear that the CB3ROB network hijacked one (or more) of the IP addresses of Spamhaus, and installed a DNS server there which incorrectly returns positive results to every query (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/it-seems-clear-that-the-cb3rob-network-hijacked-one-or-more-of-the-ip-addresses-of-spamhaus-and-installed-a-dns-server-there-which-incorrectly-returns-positive-results-to-every-query-cyberbunker/

“Yo anons, we could use a little help in shutting down illegal slander and blackmail censorship project ‘spamhaus.org,’” Cyberbunker’s Sven Kamphuis wrote on his Facebook wall March 23
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/30/yo-anons-we-could-use-a-little-help-in-shutting-down-illegal-slander-and-blackmail-censorship-project-spamhaus-org-cyberbunkers-sven-kamphuis-wrote-on-his-facebook-wal/

Current owner of “NATO bunker” – Bunkerinfra Datacenters – states that “Cyberbunker” and Sven Olaf Kamphuis have left the building
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/current-owner-of-nato-bunker-bunkerinfra-datacenters-states-that-cyberbunker-and-sven-olaf-kamphuis-have-left-the-building/

Let’s start with some truth. The “Cyberbunker attack” did reach upwards of 300 Gb/sec and is the largest recorded DDoS to date
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/lets-start-with-some-truth-the-cyberbunker-attack-did-reach-upwards-of-300-gbsec-and-is-the-largest-recorded-ddos-to-date/

The Cyberbunker Revisited: The American Dream, Swindlers, Aliases, Big Money, Fraud, Dope, Governments And…Terrorists?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/the-cyberbunker-revisited-the-american-dream-swindlers-aliases-big-money-fraud-dope-governments-and-terrorists/

In Spamhaus’s view, cb3rob is the worst spam ISP in the world (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/in-spamhauss-view-cb3rob-is-the-worst-spam-isp-in-the-world-cyberbunker/

How Spamhaus’ attackers turned DNS into a weapon of mass destruction (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/29/how-spamhaus-attackers-turned-dns-into-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-cyberbunker/

Cloudflare reveals details of ‘world’s biggest’ cyber attack (Cyberbunker)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cloudflare-reveals-details-of-worlds-biggest-cyber-attack-cyberbunker/

Blast From The Past: “I guess all I can say is I’ll take what I can get” (Cyberbunker, Sven Olaf Kamphuis, CB3ROB, XTC, Porn, Pirate Bay, WikiLeaks, Fake WHOIS, Leaked Prefix, IP Tunnel)
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/blast-from-the-past-i-guess-all-i-can-say-is-ill-take-what-i-can-get-cyberbunker-sven-olaf-kamphuis-cb3rob-xtc-porn-pirate-bay-wikileaks-fake-whois-leaked-prefix-ip-tunnel/

The sheer scale of the attack by Cyberbunker is having an impact on services like Netflix and could eventually affect banking, email and other systems
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/the-sheer-scale-of-the-attack-by-cyberbunker-is-having-an-impact-on-services-like-netflix-and-could-eventually-affect-banking-email-and-other-systems/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis To SpiegelOnline: “I brought in a few of my customers (…) and then it all started”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-to-spiegelonline-i-brought-in-a-few-of-my-customers-and-then-it-all-started/

Five national cyber-police-forces are investigating the unprecedented Denial of Service attacks by Cyberbunker
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/five-national-cyber-police-forces-are-investigating-the-unprecedented-denial-of-service-attacks-by-cyberbunker/

Cyberbunker’s Sven Olaf Kamphuis: “They (SpamHaus) Think That They Are In Charge On The Internet, But WE Are In Charge”
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/28/cyberbunkers-sven-olaf-kamphuis-they-spamhaus-think-that-they-are-in-charge-on-the-internet-but-we-are-in-charge/

Has Cyberbunker Launched The Largest Publicly Announced DDoS Attack In The History Of The Internet?
http://vrritti.com/2013/03/27/has-cyberbunker-launched-the-largest-publicly-announced-ddos-attack-in-the-history-of-the-internet/

A2B Internet to sue Spamhaus for extortion. Spamhaus accused of threatening A2B and its customers with “Denial of Service” attacks if A2B would refrain from taking action against “Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks hoster” Cyberbunker / CB3ROB
http://vrritti.com/2011/10/11/a2b-internet-to-sue-spamhaus-for-extortion-spamhaus-accused-of-threatening-a2b-and-its-customers-with-denial-of-service-attacks-if-a2b-would-refrain-from-taking-action-against-pirate-bay-and-wi/

Lothar Glandorf has also been tied to Warwick Spinks, who in turn had been connected to Joris Demmink

Highlights from Dutch language news broadcast below:

  • Introduction: Child Prostitution…German Boy Is Not Being Rescued;
  • Police in Rotterdam neglects signals about child prostitution;
  • Since 1993 the case involving the missing boy Manuel Schadwald is being investigated, this broadcast will be about the failure of the Dutch police to take appropriate actions;
  • Lothar Glandorf had been arrested and placed in custody in relation to his dealings with child trafficking but had to be released due “procedural errors”;
  • Dutch police did not decide to monitor Glandorf”s activities and Glandorf was simply allowed to continue his activities, even running a brothel for boys in The Netherlands for years;
  • Dutch police appears to be covering up or at least keeping mum about Glandorf’s activities for years;
  • In the summer of 1993 the German police informs the Dutch police about the practices of Lothar Glandorf involving boys age 13 to 18; The Dutch police does not act;
  • One year later, the Dutch police receives yet another tip regarding Lothar Glandorf; The Dutch police does not act;
  • 2 months later the Dutch police receives additional information that can be relevant; No action is being taken;
  • Any visits to the private homes of Lothar Glandorf and an associate by enforcement authorities, were proactively announced by the Dutch police, even to the astonishment of Glandorf himself;
  • Berlin, summer of 1994: two boys inform the German police about how they have been brought to Glandorf’s Dutch brothel. They also indicate that a young boy called Manuel Schadwald, who was missing in Germany, would be working there; The German police informs the Dutch police and requests their support;
  • 4 weeks later, the Dutch police has still not done anything; It requires the actions and pressure by another German organization before the Dutch police is acting;
  • Meanwhile, another witness has visited the German police. That witness also saw Schadwald at Glandorf’s brothel;
  • The Dutch police creates a team dedicated to human trafficking with the ambition to destroy the organization of Glandorf and to find Schadwald;
  • It takes the police another 6 months to shut down the brothels of Lothar Glandorf and his associate;
  • They were not able to locate Schadwald, so they said; Any information or records that could indicate whether the team came across data in relation to Schadwald or other boys has apparently been destroyed by accident, according to the Dutch police;
  • The news broadcaster however, has received a copy of the documents of which the Dutch police said that they had been destroyed accidentally. Those records show that the surveillance team DID observe Manuel Schadwald in the presence of Lothar Glandorf’s boys; When confronted with this fact, the Dutch police denies that that observation involved Manuel Schadwald.
  • The records however, indicate that the investigators were sure that they had seen Manuel Schadwald; The investigators, at the time, also indicated their preference to pick up Manuel Schadwald immediately rather than allow him to stay within Glandorf’s organization;
  • The Dutch police team decides not to act however;
  • The German police is still looking for Schadwald; The Dutch police has NEVER informed the German police that they had seen Manual Schadwald.
  • One day after the Dutch investigators were sure they had seen Manuel Schadwald, Lothar Glandorf jumps in a car and heads to Dusseldorf, Germany, taking with him 3 Polish boys and ‘a fourth boy’.
  • Manuel Schadwald has never been found…

PART 1

PART 2

See also:

Prosecution And Enforcement Authorities Are Put In Place To Both Enforce The Law And To Prevent The Law From Being Enforced
http://vrritti.com/2012/11/16/prosecution-and-enforcement-authorities-are-put-in-place-to-both-enforce-the-law-and-to-prevent-the-law-from-being-enforced/

See also:

Dutch Blog Suggests Link Between Joris Demmink And Marc Dutroux Has Recently Been Arrested In UK: Warwick Spinks
http://vrritti.com/2012/12/23/dutch-blog-suggests-link-between-joris-demmink-and-marc-dutroux-has-recently-been-arrested-in-uk-warwick-spinks/

http://blogs.rsa.com/zeus-faas-comes-to-a-social-network-near-you/

Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.

Ambassador Luis CdeBaca
Ambassador at Large
Office to Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Department of State
2201 C. Street, NW
Washington, DC

Dear Lou,

Our working relationship on the issue of sex trafficking goes back to your early days on the Hill and I have appreciated so much your bipartisan efforts and willingness to bring me, as a conservative, into your inner circle so often as you began your tenure in the TIP office. I want to take advantage of that relationship to express my concern about an issue that is at the forefront of my concern as the time for the release of the TIP report draws near.

I am quite concerned about an issue addressed recently by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). Concerned Women for America joins him in concern about the allegations of child sex tourism level against former Secretary General of the Dutch Ministry of Justice, Joris Demmink. These allegations are credible and deserve to be taken seriously by the TIP office as you review the Tier status of that nation.

Numerous well-informed, high-placed officials –– including Reps. Smith (R-NJ), Wolf (R-VA), Pitts (R-PA), Poe (R-TX), Costa (D-CA) –– have brought attention to the lack of an investigation into the actions of Joris Demmink. His actions have been questioned as well by officials in the Helsinki Commission, the Victims Rights Caucus, Mr. Lucus Hartong, a member of the European Parliament, Dr. P.H. Omtzigt, a Member of Parliament for the Christian Democrat Party and a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

As you finalize the evaluations of all the nations for the TIP report, there are numerous materials available to document the need for a formal, official investigation of Mr. Demmink’s actions. The Dutch investigations have been called into question and the above-mentioned dignitaries have asked that a broader investigation be made in order to bring justice to the child victims of sex tourism.

CWA and I join those clamoring for (1) a tier evaluation that reflects concerns about Mr. Demmink’s actions and (2) a formal, official investigation of Mr. Demmink in regard to child sex tourism accusations.

Thanks for hearing me out, Lou, and for all you do for the most vulnerable among us around the world.

Warmly,

Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, The Beverly LaHaye Institute
Concerned Women for America
1015 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 1100
Washington, D.C., 20005

http://www.investigatedemmink.com/

A self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec international hacking group has been arrested in Australia, police said, charging him with attacking and defacing a government website.

The 24-year-old IT professional, who went by the online identity “ozshock”, was seized at his office in a town 76 kilometres (47 miles) north of Sydney on Tuesday.

“The man is a self-proclaimed leader of the group Lulz Security (LulzSec), a computer hacking group that has existed since 2011,” the Australian Federal Police said, adding that he was known to international police forces.

“It will be alleged that this person, known by the online identity ozshock, had gained unauthorised access and caused data impairment to a government website during this month.”

LulzSec, an offshoot of the larger group Anonymous, has claimed responsibility for multiple cyber attacks, including against Sony Pictures, Rupert Murdoch’s News International, and the CIA.

Police called the man, who has not been named, “a well-respected person within the Anonymous community, within LulzSec”.

They added that he was employed “in a position of trust” at the company he worked for, although that company had no knowledge of his activities.

Australian Federal Police Cyber Crimes Commander Glen McEwen said the man’s job gave him access to sensitive information, which allowed him to carry out the attack on the unnamed website.

“Police believe this man’s skill sets and access to this type of information presented a considerable risk to Australian society,” he told reporters.

“Our early intervention interrupted him before he could commit any further serious offences.

“But the ability to interrupt online trading, online transactions for governments, can have serious consequences in the long-term.”

He has been charged with two counts of unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment and one count of unauthorised access to a restricted computer system and faces a maximum of 12 years in jail.

The man was released on bail and will face court in May.

Cyber attacks that LulzSec has taken credit for include an extensive breach of Sony Pictures computer system in 2011, which led to the personal data of thousands of Sony customers being posted online.

American Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty to various charges related to that incident and was sentenced to one year in jail last week.

Last year, two British members of the group admitted carrying out attacks against the CIA and News International.

More:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4EhJTIjSfe0aXuBngjlyIiudeWw

  1. Corinne Dettmeijer, National Rapporteur Human Trafficking
  2. Herman Bolhaar, Chair of the Board of Prosecutors General*
  3. Arie IJzerman, Deputy Director-general at Ministry of Security and Justice
  4. Ruud Bik, Chief of Police
  5. Hannie Vlug, Labour Inspection
  6. Gert Veurink, Prosecutor
  7. Warner ten Kate, Prosecutor, National Coordinator Human Trafficking
  8. Piet Bruinooge, Mayor of Alkmaar
  9. Digna van Boetzelaer, Prosecutor
  10. Jerrol Marten, NGO, Comensha
  11. HP Schreinemachers, Justice Counselor, NL Embassy

*According to this article, Herman Bolhaar used to be the right hand of a person who had the nicknames “Godzelves” (Godhimself) and “Gunsalvo”, the Dutch Super Prosecutor Rolph Gonsalves (5th May 1932 – 6th December 2002), aka “the master of cover-upsaccording to Wikipedia. Wikipedia also adds that Gonsalves:

  1. Had been a colonial ruler in Dutch New Guinea in 1956;
  2. Had been given an order to put an end to the fighting amongst the local Dani tribes and make sure an airstrip for a DC-3 plane could be built;
  3. Had been personally responsible for torturing the Dani and would have shot and killed at least two individuals. He would also have been accused of arson;
  4. In 1960 he would have advised his superior to kill 50 Dani who had been imprisoned.
  5. Gonsalves has never been investigated officially, but was transferred to another region. He also received a military and civil Dutch order of chivalry from the Dutch Queen for the pacification of the Baliem valley and became a Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau.
  6. In 1963 he started to work at the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office, and would later be called ‘the iron prosecutor’ and ‘the master of cover-ups’.
  7. Gonsalves would continue to operate at the highest levels within the prosecution departments of the Dutch government, even when the Baliem scandal made the news again, quite extensively, in 1994, he would be promoted.
  8. In 2005 the Eén en Ander Foundation introduced the Gonsalves award for Dutch individuals who are contributing to justice and enforcement in The Netherlands. According to Wikipedia, Herman Bolhaar is one of the members of that foundation. In 2013 the foundation changed its name to ProDemos, advocating good citizenship, the judicial system and democracy.

Source:
http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2013/04/raad_van_europa_vraagt_onderzo.html

Problem 1:

Doc. 13182
23 April 2013

Violation of the Lanzarote Convention by the Netherlands
Written question No. 631 to the Committee of Ministers
by Mr Luca VOLONTÈ, Italy, Group of the European People’s Party

On 18 March, the Committee of Ministers sent disappointing answers in reply to the written question no. 621 by Mr Volontè on a “Serious violation of the Lanzarote Convention by the Netherlands”. The accused civil servant was, until his retirement, the highest civil servant in the Department of Justice and as such wielded substantial influence both on the nomination of prosecutors and on the nomination of judges. He has been accused by two Turkish men, who say that he raped them.

Despite this accusation and despite numerous other allegations of paedophilia, the Dutch Government never published his secret service screening, never sent him home with paid leave to do an investigation and the public prosecutor never officially started a prosecution. The Committee of Ministers last time evaded the question of their own opinion and just referred to the fact that the Dutch authorities themselves thought that they had properly investigated the case in question, even though there has never been an official investigation in the sense of the Dutch Code of Criminal Procedure.

In the light of the serious accusation of the victims, that they were raped and sexually abused by J.D. when they were only 12 and 14 years old, as well as regarding the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS no. 201, “Lanzarote Convention”), which guarantees the protection of the rights and safety of victims of such child abuse and which tries to ensure this by obliging member States to avoid contact between victims and perpetrators within court and law enforcement agency premises (article 31 sub. 1.g),

Mr Volontè,
To ask the Committee of Ministers:

– does the Committee of Ministers agree that with regard to these serious allegations, an investigation should have taken place without the accused staying in his position as the highest civil servant of the Department of Justice of the Netherlands, as happened in this case?
– does the Committee of Ministers agree with the Government of the Netherlands, which considers that it has properly investigated the case in question?
– is the Committee of Ministers prepared to ask the Dutch authorities to consider opening a full and really independent investigation, possibly with international experts?
– is the Committee of Ministers willing to ask the High Contracting Parties of the Lanzarote Convention to evaluate whether the Netherlands has implemented the convention in law and in practice?

http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/Doc/XrefViewPDF.asp?FileID=19654&Language=EN

and problem 2:

Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) Expresses “Grave Concern” that the International Criminal Court Remains in the Hague While Questions Still Remain Unanswered About Pedophilia Accusations Against Former HighRanking Dutch Justice Ministry Official Joris Demmink
https://www.demminkdoofpot.nl/downloads/files/Chairman%20Chris%20Smith%20Hearings.pdf

And much much more:
http://vrritti.com/?s=demmink&submit=Search

And finally:

How Organized Crime Ended Up Controlling The Netherlands? Because We Keep Eliminating The Improbable, As We Believe That To Be Impossible
http://vrritti.com/2012/11/25/how-organized-crime-ended-up-controlling-the-netherlands-because-we-keep-eliminating-the-improbable-as-we-believe-that-to-be-impossible/

Prosecution And Enforcement Authorities Are Put In Place To Both Enforce The Law And To Prevent The Law From Being Enforced
http://vrritti.com/2012/11/16/prosecution-and-enforcement-authorities-are-put-in-place-to-both-enforce-the-law-and-to-prevent-the-law-from-being-enforced/

How Far Are Justice Departments And Prosecution Authorities Willing To Go To Protect The Government System?
http://vrritti.com/2012/11/17/how-far-are-justice-departments-and-prosecution-authorities-willing-to-go-to-protect-the-government-system/

Growing up in Kiel, northern Germany, Dotcom – christened Kim Schmitz – discovered gaming at the age of 11 and hacking not long after that. (He changed his name to Dotcom in 2005.) His Finnish-born mother had left his father, a violent alcoholic, when he was six. “My mum had to work three jobs. She was cleaning and cooking just to get food on the table and pay rent,” he says. I ask him later if his father is still alive. “I don’t care,” he replies.

As a teenager, he became adept at slipping past the firewalls of such organisations as Citibank, Nasa and the Pentagon. “Back in the day there was no security. It was like a palace with unlocked doors,” he says, misty-eyed. “You could just walk in there, look inside all the cabinets, sleep in the queen’s bed.”

He worked out a scam to rack up fake calls to a pay-by-the-minute chatline, earning DM75,000 by the time he was rumbled by German police in 1994. He was given a suspended sentence. In 2002, he was arrested again, this time for insider trading, a crime that was new on the German statute books. He had sought to avoid prosecution by fleeing to Thailand but when the Thai authorities, working in conjunction with Germany, threw him in jail, he opted to return home and enter a plea bargain. He got a 20-month suspended sentence but now says his capitulation was a terrible mistake, since it allowed his enemies to brand him “a career criminal”.

It is all part, he says, of a battle being waged by Hollywood against Silicon Valley.

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