International legal frameworks are hindering police efforts to catch paedophiles on Facebook.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) high-tech collection and capability manager Grant Edwards told a joint select committee this morning that the mutual legal assistance treaty with the US is outdated and not designed to allow for a rapid response to online crime. The treaty is required because Facebook is head-quartered in the United States, and is meant to speed the actioning of the police’s right to obtain information about online crime using a warrant.

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http://www.zdnet.com.au/facebook-law-hinder-child-abuse-probes-339311904.htm

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. – A Rowan County couple has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty and child abuse, accused of leaving their children home in a house filled with trash. Angela Lore, 35, and David Lore Jr., 37, have both been charged with three counts of animal cruelty, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and four counts of child abuse.

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http://www.wcnc.com/home/Couple-charged-with-child-abuse-animal-cruelty-118536624.html

WATONGA, Oklahoma — Authorities have taken booked a man into jail on a murder complaint of an 8-year-old Watonga girl. A man found his eight-year-old daughter Rosalyn Reynolds’ body around 5 a.m. Wednesday behind an apartment building at 500 Leach Street in Watonga. Police said the father saw the girl’s cousin, 20-year-old James Daukei, in the field with the body. Daukei ran from the scene when confronted by the girl’s father and two other men.

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A New York man is currently behind bars today after being charged with raping a 4-year-old Pennsylvania girl. Jeffrey Allen Abbey Jr., of Jamestown, has been charged with felony rape of a child, felony involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, felony aggravated indecent assault, felony sexual assault, felony statutory sexual assault, felony corruption of minor, indecent assault and simple assault.

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MARS HILL, Maine — A Maine judge handed down a 15-year prison sentence to a woman convicted of sexually abusing her 2-year-old daughter and streaming the acts over the internet to a teenager in the United Kingdom. Julie Carr, 33, received a 20-year sentence last week after she was convicted on child pornography charges, according to court documents.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-baby-sex-abuse-webcam,0,25626.story

Father Accused of Torturing Family, Killing Teenage Son

SAN BERNARDINO — A 35-year old man has been arrested for murder and torture after allegedly killing his 16-year old son and wounding five other family members. Deputies responded to the home in the 6700 block Merito Avenue at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday after receiving a 911 call from a neighbor reporting a man screaming for help inside the home.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-san-bernardino-family-stabbing,0,3312932.story

CANADA–Millions of images of children being sexually abused have been seized after search warrants were executed on five New Brunswick homes Wednesday, say the RCMP. Members of the RCMP J Division’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) and several other agencies served search warrants on homes in Moncton, Havelock, Grand Bay-Westfield, Dumfries and Petit-Rocher-Ouest.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/03/23/nb-child-porn-seizure.html

ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. – A Rowan County couple has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty and child abuse. Thirty-five year old Angela Lore and 37-year-old David Lore Jr. have both been charged with three counts of animal cruelty, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and four counts of child abuse.

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http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Couple-charged-with-child-abuse-animal-cruelty-118536624.html

FAIRMONT — A Fairmont man and his girlfriend are behind bars for child abuse and neglect charges. The State Police arrested Eric Harris, 30, and Jessica Swift, 27, after Harris’ daughter showed up to school with a black eye. According to the criminal complaint, state police began its investigation after receiving a call from Marion County Child Protective Services.

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http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=96441

A German man whose stepdaughter bore eight of his children has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. “This is about a pitiless egoist. He viewed his family as his property,” Judge Winfried Hetger said. According to ABC News, the defendant, a 48-year-old unemployed truck driver identified only as Detlef S., sat emotionless as he was convicted of 162 counts of sexual abuse.

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http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/22/incestuous-german-father-convicted-of-162-counts-of-abuse/

The Beatrice Daily Sun reports that authorities believe John Hintz forced the child to do push-ups with closed fists on rocks while Hintz placed his foot on the child’s back. That was after learning the boy had stolen a candy bar. Authorities say when the child could no longer do push-ups, Hintz forced him to run laps until he had blisters on both feet.

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http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/Father_Charged_With_Felony_Child_Abuse_Of_Adopted_Son_118444824.html

CENTER, TX – Center police officers have arrested a 63 year old local man on five felony warrants relating to sexual abuse of a child. On Wednesday, March 16, 2011, Center Police Department officers executed five felony warrants for Mark Gilbert Cameron, 63, Center.

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http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=14299360

Circuit Judge Elijah Smiley sentenced Thomas Everitt Brown IV on Tuesday to life in prison, and 30 years in prison, for first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse for beating to death his son Peyton Aaron Brown. Brown, 24, was convicted at trial March 11. The 30-year sentence will run concurrently with the life sentence.