
Updated: September 2023
Published: January 2019
Languages: English / German
The following article provides a factual overview and references on the topic of organized pedocriminality in the context of geopolitics, elite management, and the Western media system.
Note: No active reading recommendation; only intended for people who (want to) deal with this topic anyway. Not suitable for minors and sensitive persons.
Foreword
Pedocriminality can have an individual or commercial dimension, but it can also have a political or even geopolitical dimension. This is the case when political representatives or business executives, intelligence services or blackmail are involved.
As the following overview shows, various court trials and victim testimonies, but also sabotaged investigations and murdered witnesses, point to a potentially influential role of pedocriminal individuals and networks in Europe and the United States.
In the case of Italy, for example, it has been documented that the former Italian military secret service SIFAR compiled over 150,000 dossiers on “irregular behaviour” on behalf of the CIA, which enabled it to blackmail and control Italy’s social and political elite for decades.
In the U.S., the extensive network of Jeffrey Epstein, which included American presidents and British royals, has partially come to light in recent years. In the UK, the Westminster dossier and the case of BBC star presenter Jimmy Savile, whose network also included top politicians and aristocrats, had previously been exposed.
The Belgian Dutroux trial, during which about two dozen witnesses died under often mysterious circumstances, provided similar indications and testimonies.
For instance, a suspect identified by several Belgian witnesses was Vice-President of the European Commission and Chairman and later Honorary President of the prestigious Bilderberg Conference, to which Western elites in politics, business, the military and the media are invited.
Another suspect identified by Belgian witnesses prevented the investigation of terrorist attacks as Belgian Minister of Justice and in 1992 ordered the early release of Marc Dutroux; later the man became judge and Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.
A later NATO Secretary General was also identified as a participant by a Belgian witness. These and many other high-level personalities have never been prosecuted.
In many cases, children’s homes or child welfare organisations have directly or indirectly been involved in pedocriminal networks; in other cases, the children were recruited from problem families or procured by kidnapping. Some of these children were ultimately murdered.
While from a societal point of view, people of integrity are desirable as elites, from a political point of view, corruptible and controllable persons are often in demand. This results in a fundamental contradiction with far-reaching consequences.
Overview
1. Belgium/Europe
One of the best known cases of organized pedocrime is the Dutroux case of the 1980s and 1990s. This case, however, is not so much about Dutroux himself – who may have acted mainly as a ‘supplier’ – as it is about the fact that both Dutroux and various witnesses described a pedocriminal network that included or still includes significant parts of the Belgian elite and aristocracy. Many of these statements could at least partially be verified. At the same time, around two dozen witnesses involved in the Dutroux trial died under often questionable circumstances. Due to their numerous connections, the Dutroux case and the Belgian witness files undoubtedly have a pan-European significance.
- Beyond the Dutroux Affair: the X-Dossiers (ISGP, 2007) The standard text on the Dutroux case, the so-called X-Dossiers (witness files), and the political background. (18+)
- ISGP Child Abuse Research Center (ISGP, 2007) Further ISGP analyses of the Dutroux case and pedocriminal political elite networks in general. (18+)
- Dutroux says he procured girls for Belgian network (Guardian, 2002) Marc Dutroux, the Belgian electrician accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering four young girls in the mid-1990s, has claimed that he did not act alone but was part of a wider paedophile network.
- Belgium’s silent heart of darkness (Guardian, 2002) Something is rotten in the state of Belgium. Six years after the arrest of Marc Dutroux, the country’s notorious paedophile, no date has been set for his trial and the case remains painfully unresolved.
- Judge tells of murder plots to block Dutroux investigation (Telegraph, 2004) The Belgian judge who saved two young girls from Marc Dutroux’s paedophile dungeon broke down in the witness box yesterday, alleging high-level murder plots to stop his investigation into a child-sex mafia.
- Did Marc Dutroux work for the Stasi? (AZ, 2003) The Ministry for State Security (MfS) is said to have blackmailed influential personalities in Western Europe with child pornography. () The US secret service had secured material about the MfS’ espionage department at the turn of the century. Because of the explosive information it contains, incl. information about Western European politicians, only secret services are allowed to view the reports – filtered by the CIA – until today.
Documentaries
- Dutroux: Belgium’s X-Files (BBC, 45 minutes, 2002)
- Dutroux and the dead witnesses (ZDF, 30 minutes, 2004)
- Dutroux: The Monster of Belgium (Discovery, 45 min., 2009)
Documents
- File: English summary of the X-Dossiers (ISGP, 2017)
- File: Belgian X-Dossiers: List of Elites Accused (ISGP, 2007)
- File (FR): Summary of the X dossiers (Wikileaks, 2009)
- Book (NL): The X-Dossiers: What Belgium does not want to know (Bulté, 1999)
Anneke Lucas
The Belgian Anneke Lucas, who now lives in New York, went public in 2016 and reported that she had been abused as a six to twelve-year-old girl in European elite pedocriminal networks in the 1970s. As the main figure of the network she identified one of the richest and most powerful man in the world at the time, who died in 2017. In contrast to the statements of the Dutroux witnesses, her statements have not been recorded or verified by the police and should be treated with appropriate caution.
- Video: Anneke Lucas: I Was a Sex Slave to Europe’s Elite at Age 6 (RWRS, Interview, 2016)
- Belgian paedophile victim unpacks: “I met politicians, VIPs and heads of state” (ET, 2017) 53-year-old Anneke Lucas tells how she experienced rape and torture as a child for five years: She was a victim of that notorious Belgian child molester network that became known in the 1990s through the “Dutroux case” but was never completely exposed. Nobles, politicians and VIPs were involved in the crimes, says Lucas, who survived only by luck.
- Text: A Little Spy (Anneke Lucas, 2018, Archive) “I do know that I was transported quite often to Germany that year as the newly minted sex slave to the elite, and also for refinement of my training in the dirty lab. I was given to some top politicians.”
- Text: The Cage (Anneke Lucas, 2019) “After being taken back to Belgium at the end of the summer of 1972, I was often driven back and forth to Germany by handlers of the Belgian network, to spend time in the company of a former German chancellor.” [if true, would be Kiesinger]

2. Great Britain
In the UK, from 2012 onwards, numerous revelations exposed the existence of an extensive pedocriminal network that had been operating for decades and included and possibly still includes significant sections of the British elite, with links to the British royal family, several governments, parliament, the judiciary, police, intelligence services and the media. Among the most significant cases are the Westminster dossier, the Kincora scandal, and former BBC star presenter Jimmy Savile, who had contacts in the highest circles and abused several hundred children.
Documentaries
- Video (EN): British VIP Pedophile Ring (PressTV, 10 minutes, 2014)
- Documentary: Paedophiles in Parliament (Sonia Poulton, 90 minutes, 2018)
- Documentary: Crimes That Shook Britain: Jimmy Savile (Channel 5, 45 minutes, 2015)
Westminster
- The alleged paedophile ring at the heart of the British Establishment (Telegraph, 2014) Investigation in to alleged child abuse ring in Westminster dogged by claims of cover-ups and missing files.
- Theresa May accused of cover-up over child abuse inquiry concerns (Daily Mail, 2016) It comes after a string of high-profile resignations from the inquiry into historic abuse.
- Tebbit hints at sex abuse cover-up as pressure over missing files intensifies (Guardian, 2014) Lord Tebbit has said he believes there may have been a political cover-up of child abuse allegations against politicians in the 1980s as Theresa May came under pressure to explain how the Home Office lost or destroyed more than 100 files related to accusations of organised paedophilia.
- Dossier on VIP Westminster paedophile sex ring names leading MPs (IBTI, 2014) High-profile figures linked to sexual abuse includes Tory and Labour MPs and peers.
- Thatcher Protégé Leon Brittan Was a Pedophile Suspect (DB, 2015) Leon Brittan, the former Home Secretary, was long accused of covering up a Westminster child-sex ring. Now that he’s died, authorities say he was a suspect as well.
- Westminster Pedophile Dossier (Wikipedia)
BBC star presenter Jimmy Savile was knighted by the Queen of England in 1990 for his “social commitment”. In the same year he was awarded the Papal Order of St. Gregory for his services to the Roman Catholic Church. Savile had personal contacts with several British prime ministers, including Thatcher and Blair.
- Jimmy Savile: New victims say ‘organised’ paedophile ring operated at BBC (Standard, 2012)
- Jimmy Savile was part of satanic ring (Express, 2015) Jimmy Savile beat and raped a 12-year-old girl during a secret satanic ritual in a hospital.
- Abuse: Is Jimmy Savile everywhere? A look into the deep murder pits of society. (Telepolis, 2012) The case of Jimmy Savile is part of a long series of abuse cases that have come to light in various countries in recent years and decades.
- Ex-BBC presenter Jimmy Savile: Abuse in more than 500 cases (Tagesspiegel, 2014) Savile is said to have abused defenceless victims in schools, hospitals and on BBC premises. He preferred children between the ages of 13 and 15.
- Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal (Wikipedia)
- Westminster child abuse scandal: KGB and CIA kept secret dossiers on Britain’s VIP paedophiles (Mirror, 2015) Both Russian and US intelligence knew about a group of powerful paedophiles operating in Britain and the KGB hoped to blackmail them in exchange for information.
- Secret service infiltrated paedophile group to ‘blackmail establishment’ (Express, 2014) British security services infiltrated and funded the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange in a covert operation to identify and possibly blackmail establishment figures, a Home Office whistleblower alleges.
- British spies recruited paedo IRA chief: Spooks used pictures of Joe Cahill to ‘turn him’ (Mirror, 2014) British authorities covered up the child sex abuse and used damning evidence to turn Cahill into one of the British Army’s most valuable informants, it has been claimed.
- ‘Dirty war’: MI5 accused of complicity in historical Northern Ireland child sex abuse (RT, 2015) British intelligence agency MI5 faces allegations it covered up child sex abuse at a care home in east Belfast for decades to protect its intelligence operations, Northern Ireland’s high court will hear on Tuesday.
- Paedophile scandal: Secret services MI5 and MI6 covered child molesters in government (ET, 2015) The abuse scandal in Westminster, UK, ranks among the highest in the government. The secret service covered up the facts and destroyed the evidence.
Further information
- British link to ‘snuff’ videos (Guardian, 2000) Britain is a key link in the biggest ever international investigation into the production and supply of paedophile ‘snuff’ movies – in which children are murdered on film – an Observer investigation can reveal.
- Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal (Wikipedia) The Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal consisted of the organised child sexual abuse that occurred in the northern English town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire from the late 1980s until the 2010s and the failure of local authorities to act on reports of the abuse throughout most of that period.
- Kincora Boys’ Home Scandal (Wikipedia) The Kincora Boys’ Home was a boys’ home in Belfast, Northern Ireland that was the scene of serious organised child sexual abuse, causing a scandal and attempted cover-up in 1980, with allegations of state collusion.
- Elm Guest House abuse scandal (Mirror, 2015)
- The UK VIP Paedophile Scandal (Reddit, 2014) A collection of around 150 media reports.
Images: Jimmy Savile and some of his VIP contacts.
3. United States
In the United States, several elite pedocriminal networks have already been uncovered:
- One well-known case concerns late US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, whose private island had been visited since the 1990s by US President Clinton, British Prince Andrew and other celebrities. Epstein is said to have hanged himself in prison in 2019. According to research and witness statements, Epstein was in contact with Israeli and American secret services and used his network to blackmail high-ranking persons.
- As early as the 1980s, the Franklin scandal revealed a nationwide elite pedocriminal network with connections to Washington and the CIA, which procured children from children’s homes and by kidnapping and in some cases murdered them.
- Another case concerns Dennis Hastert – formerly Speaker of the House and thus formally the third highest ranking politician in the USA – who, according to an FBI whistleblower, was blackmailed by domestic and foreign actors because of his pedocriminal past.
- The so-called “Pizzagate”, which became known prior to the 2016 US presidential elections, was a combination of facts, speculation and online disinformation.
- Other unsolved cases concerning child pornography concern the Pentagon and the NSA.
- An older case concerns the attempted blackmailing of Martin Luther King by the FBI by means of secret recordings of extramarital affairs (no connection to pedocriminality). The FBI tried to force King to commit suicide, but failed. Later, King was murdered.
Jeffrey Epstein
A. General reports
- Jeffrey Epstein: The Sex Offender Who Mixes With Princes and Premiers (Newsweek, 2015)
- The ‘sex slave’ scandal that exposed pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein (New York Post, 2016)
- Indictment Alleges Jeffrey Epstein Created ‘Vast Network’ of Underage Sex Victims (TDB, 2019)
- Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but allegations against powerful associates linger (Miami Herald, 2019)
- Bill Clinton was Jeffrey Epstein’s closest ‘celebrity mate’ (Daily Mail, 2019)
- Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (NYT, 2019)
- The Newly Revealed Jeffrey Epstein Associates (New York Magazine, 2023)
B. Intelligence links
- The Jeffrey Epstein Scandal: Too Big to Fail (MPN, 2019) The picture painted by the evidence is not a direct Epstein tie to a single intelligence agency but a web linking key members of the Mega Group, politicians, and officials in both the U.S. and Israel, and an organized-crime network with deep business and intelligence ties in both nations.
- Video: Jeffrey Epstein: An Israeli Intelligence Operation (PVPG, 20 minutes, 2021) “Were Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell part of an Israeli intelligence operation?”
- Former Israeli Intel Official Claims Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Worked for Israel (MPN, 2019) A former high-ranking official in Israeli military intelligence has claimed that Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual blackmail enterprise was an Israel intelligence operation run for the purpose of entrapping powerful individuals and politicians in the United States and abroad.
- Epstein Case: Documentaries Won’t Touch Tales of Intel Ties (Consortium News, 2020) Two new documentaries on the Jeffery Epstein affair delve into lurid details & give voice to his victims, but both scratch the surface of the political & intelligence dimensions of the scandal.
C. Jewish Supremacism
In a 2020 interview with Whitney Webb, Epstein victim Maria Farmer described Jewish supremacist aspects of Jeffrey Epstein, including the fact that, apparently, he only abused non-Jewish girls and women. This was also largely true for Hollywood producer and Epstein pal, Harvey Weinstein, who later hired Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube to spy on his victims and suppress their stories.
- Jeffrey Epstein and Jewish Supremacism (Maria Farmer interview, 2020)
D. The Giuffre dossier
On the eve of Epstein’s death, some two thousand pages of court files from a trial from 2015 to 2017 were unsealed. They contain statements by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre about powerful people who allegedly abused her. Most media have not or only partially reported on this list. In 2020 a judge ordered the “destruction” of the files.
- The Giuffre Files (SPR, 2019/2020)
E. Links to media and science
- The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno-elites (Guardian, 2019) The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money.
- Jeffrey Epstein’s Intellectual Enabler (TNR, 2019) How did Epstein meet so many luminaries in the worlds of science and technology? It all might trace back to literary agent John Brockman.
- How Epstein Bought His Way Into An Exclusive Intellectual Boys Club (BF, 2019) The Edge Foundation runs what has been called the “world’s smartest website” and held annual “billionaires’ dinners It was also financed by Epstein and gave him access to elite circles in science and tech.
- ABC News had the goods on Jeffrey Epstein years ago – and killed the story (Salon, 2019) In leaked video, Amy Robach of ABC News says she had “everything” on Jeffrey Epstein in 2016; network killed it.
F. Original documents
- The “little black book” by Jeffrey Epstein (Gawker, 2015)
- The flight log (including passenger names) of Jeffrey Epstein (Gawker, 2015)
- The court documents of the Virginia Giuffre case (Business Insider, 2019)
- Interview with Epstein victim Maria Farmer: Part 1 and Part 2 (LAV, 180m, 2020)
Franklin Scandal
- Documentary: Conspiracy of Silence: The Franklin Cover-Up (Discovery Channel, 60 minutes, 1994)
- Book: The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal (Bryant, 2012) A chilling exposé of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high places. Implicating businessmen, senators, major media corporations, the CIA, and even the venerable Boys Town organization, this extensively researched report includes firsthand interviews with key witnesses and explores a controversy that has received scant media attention.
- Victim’s Testimony Reveals Establishment-Connected East Coast Trafficking Network (DM, 2017) The network was said to be comprised of known human traffickers, abusers and producers of child pornography with ties to organized crime who openly associated with prominent political figures, including some who have been accused of indiscretions in the past.
Dennis Hastert
- Congress’s forgotten pedophile. (The Outline, 2017) Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert was a celebrated politician – and a serial child molester.
- Did Foreign Governments Blackmail Denny Hastert? (American Conservative, 2015) Alleged misconduct by the House speaker was well known to the FBI – and to Turkey and Israel.
- Dennis Hastert Case, Clinton Scandals, FBI & the 1996 COINTELPRO Directive (Newsbud, 2015)
“Pizzagate” (critical analysis)
The so-called “Pizzagate”, which became known prior to the 2016 US presidential elections, was a combination of facts, speculation and online disinformation.
- Pizzagate: Disinfo, Truth, New Dutroux X-Dossier Ties (ISGP, 2017)
- Video: Pizzagate: Reality Check (CBS News, 2017)
- “Pizzagate”: The Sick World of Washington’s Occult Elite (VC, 2016)
- DC Pizzagate: A Primer (2017/2020) A classic presentation.
- After ‘Cheese Pizza’ Post, Officer Arrested For Child Porn (CBS, 2017)
- The symbols pedophile use to signal their sexual preferences on social media (Daily Mail, 2016)
- The Clinton-Silsby Trafficking Scandal And How The Media Covered It Up (DO, 2017)
The Wayfair complex surfaced in 2020, but it may have been online disinformation.
- Wayfair Accused of Child Trafficking With Suspiciously Expensive Cabinets and Pillows
- 3-Minute Explainer On The Wayfair Child Sex Trafficking Conspiracy Theory (PTV, 2020)
- Video: WAYFAIR Child Trafficking Conspiracy Proof (Ally Chan, 2020, 6 minutes)
- Report: NSA, Pentagon officials linked to child porn (CNET, 2010) Dozens of NSA, DARPA, and other Pentagon workers downloaded child porn, but not all were prosecuted.
- Pentagon workers found to have downloaded child pornography (Guardian, 2010) Dozens of staff and contractors with high-level security clearance put at risk of blackmail by their sex crimes.
- Did We Finish Looking Into Those 1,700 Pentagon Child Porn Cases? (Gawker, 2014)
- Understanding Operation Flicker (SteemIt, 2017) Of the 5200 domestic clients discovered in one child pornography investigation, investigators identified 264 DoD employees, accounting for 5.1% of the total perpetrators.
- Read the letter the FBI sent MLK to try to convince him to kill himself (VOX, 2018)
- FBI report in new JFK release claims Martin Luther King Jr had ‘all-night sex orgy’ at workshop for church ministers (Daily Mail, 2017)
- The Pedophocracy (David McGowan, 2000)
- Book: Epidemic: America’s Trade in Child Rape (Dr. Lori Handrahan, 2017)
- Video: BFP Roundtable: Pedophiles Run the Government (Newsbud, 75m, 2015)
- Key witness from the Mueller Report to be sentenced on child sexual abuse (DM, 2020)
Images: Jeffrey Epstein and some of his influential contacts
4. Portugal
In Portugal, the Casa Pia scandal, one of the largest European cases of organised pedocrime, became public in 2002. For decades, children from the Lisbon orphanage Casa Pia were taken to and abused by an elite network of politicians, business people, military and media stars. The court case was dragged out for years, and many of the suspects were ultimately not charged. Another well-known case with a possible pedocriminal background is that of the British girl Maddie McCann, who has been missing in Portugal since her disappearance in 2007.
- Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal (Wikipedia)
- When ministers rape boys (Welt a.S., 2003) In Portugal, a clique of pederasts has raped hundreds of innocent boys. Among the perpetrators are politicians and high military.
- Pederastor scandal in Portugal reaches into the highest circles (Welt, 2003)
- “Portugal is a paradise for paedophiles” (Welt, 2009) For decades children of the Casa Pia homes have been abused – numerous celebrities have been indicted – trial nearing completion.
- Court convicts celebrities in child molester trial. (Spiegel, 2010) The crime is regarded as the largest case of child abuse in Europe. For decades boys from a state home in Lisbon are said to have been abused by members of Portugal’s social elite. Now a court has found all seven accused guilty.
- Child Molester Verdict in Portugal: Suffering without End (Spiegel, 2010) Justice comes late, too late for many: members of Portugal’s elite abused minors in a Lisbon children’s home. The crimes shook the entire country, the victims are still suffering today – and it took the judiciary six years to impose long prison sentences.
- Missing persons case Madeleine McCann (Wikipedia)
5. Germany
Already from the Dutroux complex (see above) various traces led to Germany. The Belgian Anneke Lucas also claims to have been “given to” several German politicians in the 1970s. Further links to pedocriminality exist in the so-called “NSU complex”, the so-called “Saxony Swamp”, as well as in the historical environment of the Green Party. Another area with geopolitical blackmail potential is the often opaque GDR/MfS past of some of Germany’s leading politicians.
“NSU Group”
The so-called NSU group allegedly was involved in a series of murders in the Turkish-Kurdish milieu between 2000 to 2006, but there is no direct evidence for this. The alleged suicide of the two group leaders also seems unlikely based on known forensics. On the other hand, there are certain indications that the NSU group may have been connected to a pedocriminal network.
- After the NSU verdict: The mystery of investigators, child traces and dead witnesses remain (T-Online, 2018) The NSU files will be closed with the end of the mammoth trial of Beate Zschäpe. This leaves oppressive questions. The reason: remarkable connections and mysterious deaths.
- NSU: Uwe Böhnhardt and the death of a nine-year-old boy (Welt, 2017) To this day Uwe Böhnhardt’s role in the murder of nine-year-old Bernd Beckmann in Jena remains unsolved. As is often the case in the NSU complex, finds in files show that investigators simply did not follow important leads.
- The NSU and the Peggy Case: Child Pornography as Terror Financing? (NTV, 2016) Next to the body of murdered Peggy, the DNA of NSU terrorist Uwe Böhnhardt is found. Now the police must investigate how she got there. Are the terrorists operating a paedophile network? Or is there another explanation?
- Peggy, Böhnhardt and a girl who Zschäpe called “Mama” (Zeit, 2016) A child’s shoe, a blonde girl, child porn at Zschäpe: NSU investigators repeatedly found evidence of child abuse. Now some cases are being reopened.
- Operation Spade: The Dirty Background of the Edathy Affair (Stern, 2014) How a German pedophile filmmaker triggered Operation “Spade” in Romania – which put a video dealer in jail in Canada and toppled two politicians in Germany.
- SOKO Braunlicht (Telepolis, 2017) The topic of “organized crime” is consistently faded out in connection with the NSU – although this is precisely the framework that connects everything.
“Saxony swamp”
- Sachsensumpf: Dangerous Traces (ZEIT, 2012) In Leipzig a chief investigator was put out of action – possibly because he asked the wrong questions in the Saxon red-light and corruption scandal. For there is nothing to reproach him for.
- Sachsensumpf: Martyrdom of the Forced Prostitutes Mandy Kopp (Welt, 2013) At the age of 16, Mandy Kopp was forced into prostitution. Later she testified in the alleged scandal about the “Sachsensumpf” and ended up in court.
- “Sachsensumpf” affair: witness raises serious accusations (Sächsische, 2013) The “Sachsensumpf” continues to cause speculation even after years. Even the way the Saxon authorities deal with the accusations themselves becomes twilight. Allegedly many files are said to have disappeared.
- Video: Child prostitution: Did de Maiziere cover up the involvement of politicians? (ARD, 2007) When Thomas de Maizière was still a minister in Saxony, the so-called “Saxony Swamp” scandal broke out: judges and lawyers are said to have been filmed during sexual assaults on minors, in order to later have leverage against them. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is said to have been aware of this and thus Thomas de Maizière as well.
- Video: Child abusers: Interview with Saxony Swamp victim Mandy Kopp (CTV, 20 minutes, 2013) What Mandy Kopp experienced as a minor is hard to imagine. She was held prisoner for years and forced into prostitution. Today Mandy Kopp herself is on trial for libel. Her offense: She identified the perpetrators. Among them were real estate agents, lawyers, and even judges and attorneys.
- The suppressed paedophilia scandal among the Greens (Der Westen, 2013) A member of the state executive board of the Greens in NRW, who has since died, is said to have sexually abused two boys in the 1980s. The boys of yesteryear lived in a shared flat in Kamp-Linfort. Once again, the question arises as to how far the Greens are actually involved in paedophile activities.
- Paedophilia accusation against Greens: Sex offenders coordinated green pederasts (Stern, 2013) Franz Walter, the Göttingen political scientist, is to investigate the paedophilic tendencies of the early Greens. However, more and more frightening details are already becoming known.
- Pro Familia is deep in the paedophilia scandal (Welt, 2013) The association Pro Familia, which is the leading organisation in Germany dealing with sexuality and family planning, published articles in the 1980s justifying sex between adults and children.
Dutroux Network
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- X-Files: Marc Dutroux and his connections to Germany (ON, 2019)
- Were the Dutroux victims An and Eefje deported to Germany? (ON, 2019) In 2015, the father of the slain Eefje Lambreck said in an interview that he was aware that there were “numerous traces to Germany” regarding the abduction and murder of his daughter.
Anneke Lucas
The statements of the Belgian Anneke Lucas have not been recorded or verified by the police and should therefore be treated with particular caution.
- A Little Spy (Anneke Lucas, 2018, Archive) “I do know that I was transported quite often to Germany that year as the newly minted sex slave to the elite, and also for refinement of my training in the dirty lab. I was given to some top politicians.”
- The Cage (Anneke Lucas, 2019) “After being taken back to Belgium at the end of the summer of 1972, I was often driven back and forth to Germany by handlers of the Belgian network, to spend time in the company of a former German chancellor.”
- Child pornography: Stasi blackmailed politicians (Welt, 2003) During the reunification, the CIA was able to obtain material about the espionage department of the MfS’s headquarters, Enlightenment. Due to the explosive nature of the information contained therein, including information about Western European politicians, these documents are still withheld from the public. Only secret services were allowed to inspect the reports filtered by the CIA.
- Berlin abuse scandal (Kentler case): A powerful network of paedophiles reaches far into the authorities (Berliner Zeitung, 2020) For decades, foster children in Berlin were given to sex offenders. Now an expert report confirms: There have been many supporters and confidants – in youth welfare offices, the administration, the Free University and the Max Planck Institute.
- Case of abuse in Lügde – evidence disappeared from the police (Spiegel, 2018) During investigations in the case of abuse in Lügde, evidence has apparently disappeared from the police. NRW Interior Minister Reul has appointed special investigators.
- New shocking details on abuse scandal at Odenwaldschule (Focus, 2019) Several years after abuse cases at the elite boarding school in Heppenheim, Hesse, became known, studies show the extent. Hundreds of pupils had been sexually abused – without consequences for the perpetrators and institutions.
- International Snuff Film Ring financed from Germany (Oliver Nevermind, 2020)
- Infoportal Ritual Violence We collect court rulings, scientific papers and current news on the subject of ritual violence and make them publicly available here.
Two documentaries (18+) on ritual abuse and the murder of children.
- Film: Hell Life: The Victims’ Struggle. Ritual abuse in Germany (ARD, 60m, 2003)
- Film: Ritual Abuse (N24, 50m, 2003) Focus France, Belgium and Germany
TV movies “Operation Sugar”
ARD television films from 2012 and 2016 on child trafficking and child abuse in Germany. The films are based on true events.
- Film: Operation Sugar (ARD, 90 minutes, 2012)
- Film: Operation Zucker, Part 2: Hunting party (ARD, 90 minutes, 2016)
- Article: TV movie “Operation Sugar” (Star, 2016) “Nothing in our film is unrealistic. We had to be more careful that there are fictional scenes at all. It’s a mixture of all our stories and research of the last few years,” says Ina Jung, author at Bayerischer Rundfunk. () “Such acts are committed by men who occupy high-ranking positions in our society and who manipulate and blackmail each other with what has happened.”
6. Austria
In Austria, there are both older cases, in which children’s homes cooperated with pedocriminals for decades, and modern abduction cases, such as the case of Natascha Kampusch in particular. Although this case has been presented by the official authorities as an isolated individual case, independent investigations point to an elite pedocriminal network, which could explain the mysterious deaths in the Kampusch investigations: both the kidnapper and the chief investigator were killed.
Orphanages
- Documentary: Scandal in Austria’s children’s homes – Abused and mistreated (ARD, Doku, 45 Minuten, 2013) Austria’s former children’s homes are suing: In state institutions, minors have apparently been abused and mistreated for decades. Beatings were the order of the day. Boys as well as girls had to be of sexual service to their carers, were “rented” to paedophiles.
Natascha Kampusch
- Kampusch: Chief investigator passed on the information (Kurier, 2012) Confidential notes prove that criminalist Kröll was still looking for background information even after the proceedings were closed.
- Natascha Kampusch case: The mysterious death of Colonel Kröll (Spiegel, 2013) Franz Kröll, chief investigator in the kidnapping case of Natascha Kampusch, died six months after the crime was solved. According to police, the 59-year-old allegedly killed himself. An expert now contradicts the suicide theory.
- Kampusch kidnapper Priklopil: public prosecutor’s office examines doubts about suicide theory (Spiegel, 2016) Was the kidnapper of Natascha Kampusch already dead when he was run over by a train? According to information from SPIEGEL ONLINE, the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating a charge of suspected murder.
- Kampusch case: “I rule out the one-perpetrator thesis” (Die Presse, 2011) Ex-OGH President Johann Rzeszut, most recently a member of the Evaluation Commission in the Natascha Kampusch case, rules out the official one-perpetrator thesis in the “Presse” interview.
- Former chief investigator: “Perhaps a prominent person is involved in the Kampusch case” (Tages-Anzeiger, 2009, Archive) “I am a representative of the multi-offender theory. I always have been, since the most important witness made corresponding statements during her first interrogation. And she has maintained these statements until now.”
- Book: State Affair Natascha Kampusch: Top Secret (VWW, 2013)
Documentaries on the Kampusch case
- Video: State affair Natascha Kampusch – political scandal, cover-up, victims (WWTV, 2015)
- Video: Natascha Kampusch: New evidence or conspiracy theories? (ORF2, 2012, 60m)
- Video: Natascha Kampusch: Overview of the investigations (ORF2, 2013, 10 minutes)
- Video: Natascha Kampusch and the dead police officer (ORF2, 2010, 10 minutes)

7. Switzerland
International networks
According to individual testimonies, there were connections to Switzerland from both Belgian and French child molester networks, but these were never investigated. The Belgian Anneke Lucas (see above) also claims to have been transferred via Switzerland as a child and abused there. For some years now, the association Care About Ritual Abuse (CARA) has been documenting statements made by victims of ritual sexual violence in Switzerland.
- EN: Beyond the Dutroux Affair (ISGP, 2007) It was also said that Pardaens had gotten her hands on evidence of a Belgian-French-Swiss child abuse network, and had sent what she had to a very interested Swiss police. In the weeks and days before her death, Pardaens had been warned off her investigation on many occasions.
- After 40 years: Solving a murder through the X-Files? (ON, 2019)
- Dutroux Complex: New findings in the Lenzlinger case due to file leakage (ON, 2020)
- FR: Gang Dutroux: un lien mortel en Suisse? (L’Hebdo, 1996)
- Infoportal: Care About Ritual Abuse (CARA)
Presiding judge of Zurich
Starting in 2017, it became known that investigations against a pedocriminal Zurich court president were sabotaged in the 1980s and 1990s. According to witnesses, the heads of Zurich’s judiciary, public prosecutor’s office, police and politicians were involved in ignoring or covering up the case. Several of those involved were later even promoted, including to the top of the Zurich Education Directorate and the Criminal Investigation Department.
- Video: How paedophile offences are covered (KlaTV, 2019) At the end of the 1980s, an investigation was conducted against a presumed paedophile court president. But the case was dropped. Another case that proves how the highest circles are involved in child molester networks and how they are covered up. Zurich police officer Peter Mathys in interview.
- Public prosecutor against public prosecutor (Tagesanzeiger, 2017) From the 1990s onwards, the criminal justice system took the prosecution of paedophilia seriously. Even the chief public prosecutor was investigated.
- A policeman researches (Migros Magazine, 2017) Hardly had he gone on duty than the young Zurich policeman Peter Mathys learned that an alleged paedophile court president was under investigation. The proceedings are dropped. The case does not let Mathys go: almost 30 years later he reconstructs the case – and writes a thriller about it.
- See also: Corruption and parties with call girls – Geneva police under fire (Bluewin, 2019) French-speaking Swiss media have brought to light a corruption affair in the Geneva police force. Several police officers are accused of bribery and violation of official secrecy.
Another confirmed case of elite pedocriminality in Switzerland is the so-called “Basel Tierkreis” (Animal Circle), which came to light in 1998. The “Tierkreis” was a paedocriminal ring of, among others, academics, lawyers, doctors and businessmen from “the better circles of Basel”, who gave themselves animal names as a cover and abused male prostitutes and under-age boys at sadistic “sex parties” since the 1960s.
International connections to Spain and Thailand were proven, and those to the Belgian Dutroux network were suspected. The background of the Tierkreis was never completely uncovered, no charges were brought (among other things because of the statute of limitations) and the case disappeared completely from the media after the summer of 1998.
In recent times, there have been various speculations on the Internet about connections to Swiss federal politics and the P-26 secret army, but no evidence has been found to date.
- “Basel Tierkreis”: Overview of media reports (Various media, 1998)
Fedpol Whistleblower
In 2018, Thomas Walther, the long-standing head of the Coordination Unit for Combating Internet Crime (Kobik) of the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol), went public as a whistleblower. Walther argued that the work of the Kobik, including in the area of child pornography, had been officially obstructed. The Fedpol reacted with a house search and several charges against him, which were all dismissed.
- Whistleblower Thomas Walther: “The Fedpol wants to destroy me” (Blick, 2018) He fought cybercriminals and resisted weakening his authority – now the federal government is trying to muzzle the quarrelsome investigator.
- He took on the Fedpol – now the judiciary agrees with him (SonntagsZeitung, 2018) Ex-cadre policeman and whistleblower Thomas Walter did not violate official secrecy when he sent internal information to employees. () Children – also from Switzerland – had been abused by paedophiles for an unnecessarily long time because the work of the Kobik had been obstructed.
Other cases (without direct connection to elite pedocriminality)
In Switzerland, the practice of so-called “Verdingung” of children existed since the 19th century and until about 1980: “Verdingkinder” were taken away from their biological parents (or given away by them) by the authorities for the purpose of care and education, some of them were auctioned off at “Verdingmärkte”, and accommodated by interested parties who often used them for forced labour on farms and sometimes abused them. Further cases of long-term, systematic sexual abuse are documented in children’s homes and boarding schools.
- Verdingung (Wikipedia) In modern Swiss history, Verdingung refers to the external placement of children to provide them with a standard of living and education. Often the children (in fact already disenfranchised by the authorities) were placed with farmers, who usually exploited, maltreated and abused them as cheap labour.
- Those responsible wanted to cover up everything: Children in Freiburg orphanage sexually abused (Blick, 2016) In the Catholic boarding school Marini in the canton of Freiburg, children were sexually abused from 1929 to 1955. This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by Bishop Charles Morerod. Those responsible covered up the incidents.
- A dark chapter of Appenzell history (NZZ, 2017) In the Steig children’s home in Appenzell Innerrhoden, children between 1945 and 1984 were physically punished, sometimes excessively, by nuns. Sexual abuse is also said to have taken place in the home. Now the cantonal government has apologized to the victims.

8. Entertainment industry
In addition to sexual harassment in general, several cases of pedocriminality have been documented in Hollywood and the music industry, so that some observers speak of a systematic problem or an “open secret”. Another phenomenon is the bizarre sex slave cult NXIVM, which was financed by two wealthy Bronfman heiresses.
Hollywood
- 10 Disturbing Stories About Hollywood’s Pedophile Problem (Listverse, 2017) Hollywood has a history with pedophiles. Corrupt managers have used the promise of stardom to sexually abuse for years (). It is, in the words of one movie executive, “a time-honored tradition in this town.”
- Hollywood’s Pedophilia Epidemic Exposed in ‘An Open Secret’ (TDB, 2015) Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Amy Berg explores the seedy underbelly of Tinseltown in her eye-opening exposé-which includes a shocking on-camera confession
- “Hollywood in the grip of child abuse scandal similar to Jimmy Savile” (Telegraph, 2016)
- INSIDE EDITION Investigates Hollywood Pedophiles (Inside Edition, 2012) Since 2000 prosecutors have charged over a dozen men working in Hollywood with child molestation and possession of child porn, leading many to wonder if Tinsel Town has a pedophile problem.
- Nobody Is Going to Believe You’ (The Atlantic, 2019) The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories.
- Vulnerable boys and powerful men: the Bryan Singer allegations fit a disturbing pattern (VOX, 2019) New allegations against the director recall many other accounts of abuse in the #MeToo era.
- R Kelly accused of grooming 14-year-old girl as ‘sex pet’ (Guardian, 2018) In a BBC3 documentary, former girlfriend Kitti Jones alleges the R&B star groomed an underage girl as well as her and other young women; Kelly has refused to comment.
NXIVM sex slave cult
- The Hollywood Followers of Nxivm, a women-branding sex cult (TDB, 2018) Its founder, Keith Raniere, was just arrested in Mexico. But the controversial cult Nxivm has also attracted many rich and famous followers over the years.
- The dark cult with billionaires, stars, and allegations of sex slavery (New York Post, 2018)
- Clare Bronfman, Seagram’s wife, arrested in Nxivm sex-trafficking case (Global News, 2018)
9. UN & Aid Agencies
Pedocriminal activities have also been documented at the UN and other aid agencies, some of which could be connected to international pedocriminal networks.
False allegations against UN Secretary General Guterres
During the negotiation process for the UN migration pact in 2018, some media outlets claimed that UN Secretary General António Guterres had been involved in the Portuguese Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal of 2002 (see above). But there is no evidence that this was the case.
Guterres resigned as Prime Minister prematurely at the end of 2001 – a few months before the scandal became public – due to an election defeat. In the Casa Pia scandal, Guterres was neither charged nor accused by a victim. He did, however, defend his former Minister of Labor, Paulo Pedroso, who was remanded in custody on allegations of abuse but ultimately wasn’t charged.
The Casa Pia scandal did involve former Portuguese UNESCO ambassador Jorge Ritto. During the early stages of the protracted Casa Pia court proceedings, the Prime Minister of Portugal was Jose Manuel Barroso, who in 2004 became President of the European Commission.
Cases at the UN and other aid agencies
- “Cover-up of endemic proportions”: Thousands of paedophiles allegedly working for the United Nations (RT, 2018) A former high-ranking member of the United Nations staff is making serious accusations According to him, more than 3,000 paedophiles are said to work as relief workers for the UN. However, he said that there was a cover-up of “endemic proportions” about sexual crimes within the own ranks.
- U.N. Child Abuse Scandal Is Latest In History Of Sex Crimes Committed By Officials, Peacekeepers (Disobedient Media, 2017) Last week’s report from the Associated Press revealing the bust of a child sex ring run by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti was far from the first time the United Nations has been associated with child-abuse rings. The U.N. has for decades been rocked by accusations of sex crimes ranging from rape and abuse of women and minors committed in war zones to participation in human trafficking, prostitution and even production of child pornography involving senior U.N. officials and members of foreign governments.
- Former Senior United Nations Official Facing Pedophilia Charges in Nepal (Newsweek, 2018) One of the world’s leading experts on humanitarian work with street children and children affected by war has been arrested on pedophilia charges.
- Top UNICEF children’s rights campaigner – who led UK’s anti-smacking campaign – is jailed for rape of boy, 13, in latest charity sex scandal (Daily Mail, 2018) A leading children’s rights campaigner, who helped governments around the world tackle the issue of abuse, has been jailed for raping a 13-year-old boy.
- StandUp for Kids Founder Charged With Child Sex Assault (ABC, 2012) Richard Koca, Sr., was charged with sexually assaulting children.
- False friends of children (Emma, 1993) Do the perpetrators and their sympathisers network? Is there a Children’s Friends connection from the crèches to the lecture halls? The EMMA report reveals surprising cross-connections between paedophile associations and child protection organisations. And there’s a much-cited lady from the men’s section.
10. Additional cases
More cases of international, organised elite paedocriminality.
- Canada: Child porn bust: Anatomy of an international child pornography investigation (Toronto Star, 2013)
- Australia: Australia and Catholic Church ‘Failed’ Abused Children, Inquiry Finds (NYT, 2017) A royal commission investigating the sexual abuse of children in Australia found Friday that the nation was gripped by an epidemic dating back decades, with tens of thousands of children sexually abused in schools, religious organizations and other institutions.
- Norway: Massive paedophile ring uncovered by police in Norway after arrest of 51 men (Independent, 2016) Authorities seize 150 terabytes of data, including photos, videos and chat transcripts.
- Italy: Paedophile scandal boosts cover-up conspiracy (Guardian, 2000) A huge child pornography ring has been smashed, the police are jubilant and the guilty snared. Or so it seems, and in Italy nothing is ever as it seems. Breezing through chat shows, offices and homes is the suspicion of a cover-up. Almost 1,500 people have been charged but not those in high places who are believed to form a pedophile lobby.
- France: “Beyond Dutroux” ties to France: Child abuse networks reportedly exploited by ”notables” (ISGP, 2013)
- Netherlands: Dutch Joris Demmink Affair Reveals Heroin, Cocaine and Pedophile Entrapment Affairs; Orange Royal Family Similarly Linked to Child Abuse and Mafia Networks (ISGP, 2014)
- Spain: Spain’s looted children (Tagesspiegel, 2013) Under Franco’s dictatorship they were declared dead and kidnapped. Thousands of children were taken away from their mothers to be raised by families loyal to the regime. Only late did the lie come to light. Now the victims are searching for their roots.
- Morocco: Paedophile scandal puts King in distress (RP, 2013) A paedophile scandal is causing a wave of outrage in Morocco. () According to the findings of human rights activists, many powerful politicians and entrepreneurs in European countries have been among the clients in recent years. “The country is known as one of the largest sex tourism destinations in the world,” writes the news portal “Maghreb Emergente”.
- Iceland: Icelandic Government Collapses Amid Pedophilia Scandal (Foreign Policy, 2017) The Icelandic prime minister’s links to a convicted rapist have once again put the democracy’s accountability to the test.
Religious institutions
- Catholic Church: Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Cases (Wikipedia) Cases of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, nuns and members of religious orders in the 20th and 21st centuries, increasing especially after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, have been widespread and have led to many allegations, investigations, trials and convictions, as well as revelations about decades of attempts by the Church to cover up reported incidents.
- Orthodox Judaism: The Child-Rape Assembly Line (VICE, 2013) The child sex abuse crisis in ultra-Orthodox Judaism, like that in the Catholic Church, has produced its share of shocking headlines in recent years. In New York, and in the prominent Orthodox communities of Israel and London, allegations of child molestation and rape have been rampant.
- Islam: Abuse cases in Koranic schools shake Turkey (RND, 2019) In the past 15 years, more and more cases of abused children have been reported in Turkey. The accused were mostly Koran teachers of illegal but state-tolerated Islamic sects. The Erdogan government is reacting – with news blackouts.
11. Misinformation
On the subject of elite pedocriminality, various forms of false information can be found on the Internet, which are spread for the purpose of clickbaiting or targeted disinformation. Some of the most well-known examples are listed below.
- Justin Bieber and Katy Perry claimed that the music industry was controlled by pedophiles: A 2017 hoax.
- Stanley Kubrick told Nicole Kidman that pedophiles rule the world: another fake of 2017.
- “Pizzagate”: The so-called “Pizzagate” of 2016/2017 is a combination of facts, speculation and misinformation, see chapter 3 (above) and the ISGP analysis.
- The “Dutch banker” Ronald Bernard, as supposed whistleblower, revealed an elite pedocriminal network: The interviews with “Bernard” were released on Youtube in 2017. However, there is no evidence whatsoever for the authenticity of the person or the statements he made. A German journalist who contacted “Bernard” reported further inconsistencies.
- In general, it should be kept in mind that the accusation of pedocriminal activity can also be used maliciously to destroy the reputation of innocent people.
12. Information portals
Portals with further information for researchers and affected persons.
- ISGP Child Abuse Research Center
- Association Care About Ritual Abuse (Switzerland)
- Infoportal Ritual Violence (Germany)
Discussion and research groups (no quality control).
- The Reddit group on the subject of “Pedogate” (deleted in 2020)
- The VOAT group on the subject of “Pedogate” (deleted in 2020)