Kenya hunts child porn couple
2007-03-13 15:49
Nairobi - Kenyan police launched a nation-wide appeal on Tuesday to capture a couple wanted by Interpol for human trafficking, child sex abuse and distributing thousands of child pornography images on the internet.
The European man and his Kenyan female partner are believed to operate at the country's coastal holiday resorts, police said as they issued photographs of the couple for the first time to local media.
According to the United Nations Children's Fund, sexual exploitation of children in Kenya is rife, with Kenya's coast having a reputation as a haven for sex tourism. Up to a third of girls in these resorts are engaged in child prostitution, said the UN report released late last year.
National police spokesperson Gideon Kibunjah said they were alerted by Interpol who have been tracking the couple for more than two years and have intercepted thousands of the pictures and videos of Kenyan girls being sexually abused.
The couple, whose identities were not released, were distributing the material in Europe, Kibunjah said.
- AP