Interpol Confirms the Suspected Pedophile Still in Thailand

By Diane Smith
20:46, October 16th 2007
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Interpol Confirms the Suspected Pedophile Still in Thailand

The Interpol established the manhunt for the suspected pedophile within the borders of Thailand, where the investigators are sure the sexual abuser is hiding, police said Tuesday.

The police involved in the investigation regarding Operation Vico, established the pedophile’s ID and other very significant details.

The man seen sexually abusing young children in newly unscrambled pictures is suspected to be the 32-year-old Canadian Christopher Paul Neil. Though photos of him were found three years ago in Germany, he was only identified in the last few days, after security cameras in an airport recorded the English teacher.

Thai Interpol Police Superintendent Colonel Apichart Suriboonma said Neil entered Thailand on October 11. Police investigators believe that on Thursday he was still in the country. The manhunt continues.

"We are focused on tourists resort areas, for example Pattaya and Phuket, where it is easy to approach children. This is where children become victims," Apichart said.

The Interpol released his picture hoping that more people will respond to the unprecedented global public appeal released last week and their info about the suspect will eventually lead to his capture.

"The response and contribution we have had from the public has been remarkable, as has the support from the media, which has enabled officers in our specialized unit, our office in Bangkok and police in other member countries to make such remarkable progress in such a short space of time," said Ronald Noble, the secretary general of Interpol.

Interpol also said in its statement issue last week that the suspect had appeared in 200 images on the internet sexually abusing young boys in Vietnam and Cambodia.

The first picture of the suspect was found three years ago in Germany. Those pictures were digitally altered in order to cover up the man's face with a swirl pattern, but computer specialists at Germany's federal police agency, the BKA successfully collaborated with Interpol's human trafficking team and managed to come up with images that could lead to the identification of the man.

The Interpol has a database of 520,000 images of child sex abuse submitted by 36 member states in connection with Operation Vico, as they codenamed the search of the pedophile because of the links to Vietnam and Cambodia.



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