Mader arrested
Surrey resident taken into custory at Vancouver International Airport

CanWest News Service
Published: Friday, November 02, 2007

Orville Frank Mader, a Surrey resident wanted for alleged sex crimes against a young boy in Thailand is in police custody in British Columbia, CBC reported.

Mader, 54, was arrested Thursday at Vancouver International Airport, where he was arriving from Thailand.
The RCMP’s Integrated Child Exploitation Team brought Mader to Surrey. He’s expected to make a court appearance in Surrey Friday.

Mader is accused of abusing an eight-year-old boy. An arrest warrant was issued in Thailand on Wednesday.

Mader is the second Canadian arrested in recent weeks for alleged sex crimes overseas.

Christopher Paul Neil, 32, of Maple Ridge, was arrested in Thailand in October after an international manhunt.
Police say images of Neil abusing young boys in were digitally altered to mask his identity, but were worked on by computer experts to identify the suspect. He has denied the charges.

SUTIN WANNABOVORN
Associated Press
October 19, 2007 at 5:39 AM EDT
Link to the original article on the Globe and Mail

Bangkok, Thailand — A Canadian schoolteacher suspected of sexually abusing boys was arrested in rural Thailand on Friday after an international manhunt that relied on digitally unscrambled photos and tips from the public.

“Bingo! We’ve got him,” said police Major-General Wimol Powintaras.

Handcuffed, with a blue shirt draped over his head, 32-year-old Christopher Paul Neil from Maple Ridge, B.C., did not comment to reporters as officers led him into the national police headquarters in Bangkok, where a news conference was held later in the day.

Mr. Neil was found in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, where police said he had been hiding in the town of a Thai friend believed to have arranged some of his alleged sexual liaisons with boys.

He was to be extradited to Canada after being prosecuted in Thailand, said police spokesman Pongsapat Pongjaren.

Canada — which can prosecute its citizens for child sex crimes committed abroad, but has rarely done so — has not said if it plans to seek Neil’s extradition.

“We are aware an arrest has been made and we will offer consular services as necessary,” a spokesman for the Canadian embassy in Bangkok said.

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By: PR Newswire
Apr. 24, 2007

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 24 — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) today announced that it has just received its 475,000th report to its CyberTipline. These leads and tips have led to the arrest and successful prosecution of thousands of offenders.

An estimated 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized in some way before they reach the age of 18. The CyberTipline provides a vital reporting mechanism to get leads into the hands of law enforcement.

CyberTipline reports are received in seven categories. However, more than 89 percent of the reports received were regarding child pornography. In recent years, NCMEC has observed a consistent growth in child pornography, which is attributed to its commercial viability as well as the popularity of peer-to- peer networking sites, and widespread use of new technology such as digital cameras and videos.

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