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Claassen was initially alerted by U.S. authorities to the online activity and subsequently passed the information on to the South African police. During a 2010 raid, law enforcement officials found nearly 300,000 pieces of child pornography ranging from films, photos cartoons and short sexual stories.
U.S. officials initially wanted De Vries extradited, however, the extradition was averted by the National Prosecuting Authority’s move to charge and prosecute him in Johannesburg.
After years of investigations, De Vries was indicted in 2017. He was found guilty of
23 counts of unlawful possession of child pornography,
42 counts of creating child pornography,
21 counts of unlawful importation and procurement of pornographic material,
and 21 counts of distribution of child pornography.
Images of approximately 130,000 individual children were identified.
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