DAR AL HARB / ISLAM - BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA: CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS A OK WITH BOSNIAN MOSLEM LAW

Bosnian Muslim law allows child pornography
March 06, 2007 6:48 AM

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -Bosnia, shocked by revelations that it is not illegal to possess child pornography, could legislate if the legal profession takes the initiative, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

Srdjan Arnaut, Bosnian Deputy Justice Minister said it was "for those who deal with this problem, police, prosecutors, judges to initiate procedure to solve this issue. A law that would regulate possession of child pornography is not being prepared," at the moment, he said.

Austrian authorities in February uncovered a major international child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including Bosnia, who paid to view videos of young children being sexually abused.

"If there are Bosnian suspects in the Austrian child porno case, the investigation is doomed as Bosnia does not have a law and possession of child porn is unfortunately still not illegal here," Oleg Cavka, spokesman for the Sarajevo prosecutor's office told The Associated Press.

Austrian authorities said that the FBI was investigating about 600 of the suspects in the United States. German authorities were following leads on another 400 people, France was looking into more than 100 others, and 23 suspects were Austrians, they said.

Cavka said that Interpol has said that several Bosnians are under investigation as well. He added that under the current law in Bosnia only distributing child pornography can be punished.
"Bosnian police are cooperating with Austrian police in this case but little can be done as we do not have a law to prosecute them," police spokesman Robert Cvrtak said.

The majority of Bosnians were not informed that it is legal to possess child porn and were shocked to learn of it from the media.

"Saying that I am shocked does not even describe my feelings. It is disgusting. If there is any moral in our politicians and law makers we have to pass this law urgently," Enisa Hadarevic, 40 year-old school teacher said.


Disgusting, but I am not surprised after all old mo married Aisha at 6 and had sex with her when she was 9...


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