RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL

After having criminalized the NGO that exposed the file, the judge Ringot flatters reporters who publicized the importance of launching the procedures to dismantle the network of Zandvoort. Serge Garde says that the prosecutor had even invited him to "explain" the closing of the case, which Judge Ringot was going to pronounce. He did not understand his explanations. Let-us see why.

Document judiciaire original

The investigations on the French national level indeed confirm all information given by Marcel Vervloesem investigators, and he would not have been able to "bring tangible and material evidence of his statements."

PATRICK BUSQUET did appear on the address book of Robby Van Der Plancken. Busquet confirmed having met in 1993 in Amsterdam, and have been repeatedly at his home, (page 17), therefore when Robby was employed by Ulrich "as an employee within the company."

JEAN-MANUEL VUILLAUME, "said he recognize several dozens of photographs as his own production or diffusion, from nudist books when he was the manager of a publishing house that ceased its activities in 1989, but he did not recognize any face on file" of the search notices (Page 18).

Vuillaume had effectively ceased his activities in 1989, because the juvenile brigade had uncovered a vast traffic of photos of children, in which he and Bernard Alapetite presented themselves as photographers and art editors. It was the TORO BRAVO network, named after the production company of Jean-Manuel Vuillaume, residing in his brothel of Bogota: 14-29 at the Calle 40. Five years later, the address book of the Toro Bravo network assembled 2,300 people. On 1st April 1996, they were among the 700 were detained in custody, among which Vuillaume and Alapetite.

BERNARD ALAPETITE was accused in 1982 within the CORAL network, and released with 342 others accused by a dismissal of the judge Salzmann. Publisher of child pornography magazines Backside (1983-1985), Jean's (1985), Eklata (1985), Beach Boys (1985-1986), and Photokid (1986). Alapetite also had to cease his activities in 1989 as part of Toro Bravo I, then in 1994 as part of Toro Bravo II, then in 1997, in the framework of the Ado71 network. On May 10, 2000, when the investigating of the case Zandvoort was taking place, he was again sentenced to three years in prison, once more for distribution of child pornography. Bernard Alapetite said (page 18) he recognize a large number of pictures on this CD of Zandvoort, but not on the selection compiled by the police Kennemerland based on "the most usable" snapshots.

JACQUES DUGUE exposed for paedophilia in 1971. He was abusing and prostituting children, of which he was already selling pornographic pictures in 1978, but Judge Salzman requires only a symbolic sentence. Dugué was again sentenced to 8 years in prison in 1990. The investigation into abuse of Alexander and Robin ordered April 10, 2000, leading to his arrest May 10 following. The boy recognized by Frances, the mother of Robin, was on three tapes seized from Dugue by Judge Ringot, among 40 other tapes, according to press reports. Dugué himself has recognized five of his victims in the file: Christopher and Christine, Sébastien, Jean-Michel and Jean-Luc. One of his victims recognized to be on two photographs. (Page 18).

The investigation revealed that Dugué was in conjunction with Marc Dutroux, of the Nihoul network in Belgium, while both are also exposed in the network of Zandvoort. Dugue was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2002, in proceedings initiated in Chambery, a year before this withdrawal of case for his participation in the network of Zandvoort, which he acknowledged to be a supplier.

JOHN LINDQUIST registered as with the code S-23 in the address book of SPARTACUS. Half French, half American, Lindquist lived in the district CA 90024 Los Angeles, before settling in France in 1995. The Juvenile Brigade discovered 5000 pictures of child pornography in Lindquist cellar in Paris on December 15, 2000. Nine photographs of children that the judge Ringot calls "models" appear on the part of the file investigated by France. (Page 24).

Linquist will be sentenced on May 1, 2003, thus one and a half month after the final closing of the Zandvoort case, to 15 years in prison and 150,000 euros in damages for rape and sexual assault of five children aged 6 to 15 years, his neighbours, and for concealment of photographs of a paedophile character, between 1993 and 2000.

PATRICK LANDAIS also, was charged by the law court of Dinan, for possession and concealment of material of paedophile nature, some of them pictures of the Zandvoort network. (Page 24).

ADDRESS BOOKS (2)

The address books of the networks CRIES-UNICEF and SPARTACUS are copies of computer files, where the names are listed alphabetically and by code. "GR", for example, identifies the groups or networks of individuals who promote the trade of picture of real crime and provides protection to one another.

The "careful" analysis of the two files by the French police does not seem to have pointed out that they are almost identical, a few names difference and a few code difference. This is because the network CRIES-UNICEF was dismantled in 1986, and the network SPARTACUS 1996. When Petrus Van Gasselt recognizes the address books of his late brother, Leo, the boyfriend of Ulrich who was also his sole heir, he recognises the listing of a network with several branches. (Page 17)

The address book of Robby Van Der Plancken is a personal agenda. He was noting in it his appointments and bank account numbers. These bank account numbers assume the purchases the child pornography by Ulrich, his boss, he was selling through his website, Apollo. It does therefore not clear how "checks on coordinates of the French bank accounts mentioned in the address book Robby Vander Plancken did not bring any useful element in the investigation." It is indeed very unlikely that these individuals have received money declared to the tax authorities. (Page 17)

The Interpol report on the contents of this CD-ROMS shows 93'081 pictures, of which 88'539 unique specimens, according to the Belgian Federal Police, thus 4'542 duplicates. The Dutch police only forwards 3 CD-ROMS to French justice. One only gathers 710 photographs. The second is a compilation falsely attributed to Marcel Vervloesem of 1600 photographs. The third one assembles the 572 photographs used to make the portraits for the opinion research. This only leaves 2882 photographs, or 3.5% of the complete file.

Judge Ringot also makes a list of results of investigations of foreign policies, who have done a remarkable job to find the pedophile magazines that had bought the pictures of the Zandvoort network. These magazines with evocative names such as Lover Boy, Lover Nymph, Bambino, Piccolo, Lolita, Lolita's Pissing, Super Lolita, Forbidden Fruit Schamlos Boys, etc.., are aiming at advertising criminal movies, mostly hidden by photos that may seem innocent. These magazines are normally banned from sale as soon as they exceed the limits. The editor then just has to change the name of his magazine to continue to sell to the same list of clients. (From page 19 to page 24.).

To request the freedom of Marcel Vervloesem without condition