A convicted child molester was prevented from flying overseas from Sydney Airport on Wednesday under new laws aimed at keeping Australian pedophiles from traveling to Southeast Asia for sex tourism.
Laws that took effect on Wednesday prevent 20,000 convicted pedophiles listed on the Australian child sex offender register from leaving the country except for specific purposes approved by law enforcement agencies. Full Article
What is a “convicted pedophile”? Are there really 20,000 of them listed on the registry? And “around 2,500 new convicted pedophiles would be added..each year”.
Quite tired of that word being incorrectly used by the average person. Based on how often people and the media use it, everyone should get a PhD, because apparently they are experts.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/pedophilia
The reach of Rep Chris Smith has gone a touch further south than just Thailand now because his influence seems to be reaching Downunder. No one knows what the business this person was on, and they did not say what the destination was, but you are not allowed to pass GO, collect $200 or stay in the Park Ave Hotel with your little metal car either without telling us first!! Nyet!!
A bad reflection on another of the Five Eye countries.
“Australian pedophiles are notorious for taking inexpensive vacations to nearby Southeast Asian and Pacific island countries to abuse children.”
OMG, a country crazier than ours! Do they have proof for this statement? Lose your passport! For life?!
“Child welfare advocates”- is that the same as modern-day witch hunters?
stupid uninformed article , if people are not being watched when they are there , how do they really know what they are doing ? from what I understand is that there are many things to see , and the food is great , and as far as the party seen go’s there are many women that are of legal age to date . I have never been there , but would love to see it , but the way things look who would want to go there if everyone thinks that all people do is go down there to hook up with a child ? I have met many ladys from there and they were not just nice but very interesting well over 21 . once we end up on this registry everyone acts like thats all we think about is SEX , when I found my wife I was just looking for friends , and she was and is just that a best friend , but we were just friends for a long time , she loved motorcycles , and I rode a lot , so we had a ball ! but sex was not part of it for about 2 years , we enjoyed just hanging out , and helping each other with hard ships that was going on in our lives at that time , who new that this stupid registry would still be hanging over us this many years on down the road ? the only thing that strains our relationship is this registry ! !! we cant really go anywhere any more , it use to be that camping for two weeks was just a tease , set up camp , and take off riding , now we have to turn in to pumpkins in five days , and that is bull crap , when I first went on the registry it was to LE only and the registry was not so much in the way , now its in every aspect of our lives ! people spreading roomers no matter where we go , I have known my land lord for years and the land lord had know idea of my past , then one day some witch hunter came in here and gave him a flyer with my mug on it , so much for CA land lords not looking into your criminal past , the witch hunters will just hand it out , I seen the people that did it too , drug dealers talking like they would not want them living next to me , ass mites were lucky because it took me a min to figure out what they were doing , now next door they do the same thing , just when things started smoothing out and people gave me a chance , “respect was nice” then the guy moved back in next door and it all started over again , with not just his wife running her flapper , but his punk asssss as well , really I am sick of this , sorry about AU and all , but its years over do , its time to bring this registry down , like I said I could deal with to LE only , at least then my family is in no danger that way because of foolish witch hunters , any way its 3:15 AM and I need to rest at some point , have a great X Mas and a happy new year !
The thing with this for me, Australia’s registry isnt public. And if the crime isn’t a Megan Kanka kinda case they can get off the registry in a few years time according to their website.
I did notice when I had gone to Thailand and Indonesia that the majority of Australian men I had seen were in their older years and riding around with what looked like little kids who were dressed like prostitutes. I’m about 90% sure they were not their adopted kids or even related by the way they were “together” in public.
The thing is these guys most likely weren’t on their registry but retired or semiwealthy people living there on a visa. Prior to IML I had actually planned on moving to Thailand and working at a kickboxing camp. When I contacted the embassy the only requirement criminal record wise was that I hadn’t commited a crime there as they believed if you had served the sentence for the crime you had paid for it enough.
I don’t believe it one bit when it’s being said that “pedophiles are traveling wherever to sexually abuse children” it’s nothing but a logical fallacy just to scare people and to trip off foreign government agencies to get them to take action for no real reason other than to give maniacs like Chris Smith the satisfaction about how the IML is working real well, something is not right about this, because no one on the registry would be crazy and stupid enough to travel overseas to committ an act against children because they’re on the registry and they’re being watched and scrutinized and they know well that if they travel for the purpose of any criminal activity they’re gonna caught.
Oh Boy! You guys are in denial! The Registration Process is much simpler in Australia. Yet, you all state he is an innocent bystander. What pedophile would go to a 3rd World Country and commit another crime? Heavens no! Who on earth would commit a crime against a child anyways? Hmmmm. Your all innocent!!!