Pedophilia cases in Hungary: Two offenders recently arrested – VIDEO

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Two men were charged with sexual harassment of minors in Győr in an alarmingly short period of time. Although the apparent frequency could be coincidental, a serious issue underlies these cases.

We previously wrote about the scandal involving Gábor Kaleta, the former Hungarian Ambassador to Peru, who was merely ordered to pay a fine for his possession of child pornography and was sentenced to suspended imprisonment (read more about this here). Shockingly, similar crimes keep being reported in Hungary.

A peeping Tom made recordings of 9–10-year-old children by placing a camera hidden in a hat under a changing room. The leader of the summer camp at the Danube’s backwater in Győr questioned the stranger about his curious action and decided to call the police.

“I told him that he had two options: he either waits here for the police or he can try to run away, in which case he will come off rather badly,”

said the camp leader in an interview with Blikk. The man attempted to make excuses and stated that he was only waiting for his turn to change his clothes, but he could not come up with a credible explanation as to why he only had a hat with him.

“He was not aggressive; he was fumbling for words in agitation.”

The police have found 164 recordings stored on the laptop and an SD card of the offender that could be classified as child pornography. More than 100 of these were downloaded from other sources, but the offender took 57 pictures himself. Since he did not sell these pictures, he is likely to receive a 1-5-year prison sentence instead of 8 years. According to Blikk, the man is waiting for the verdict behind bars, while the camp leader has been awarded by the mayor of Győr for his heroic deed.

Police.hu announced the arrest of a 42-year-old man who wished to pay for the transportation of a minor to Győr for the purpose of sexual exploitation. A group of investigators had arranged a meeting with the predator on the online dating website via which the man looked for child prostitution services and managed to take him into custody when he showed up. The abuser, who had been brought to justice for similar charges in the past, confessed to his crime and is currently facing criminal proceedings.