Pakistan sentences man in first conviction over child porn

A general view of the city of Sargodha. A local court on Friday sentenced a man to seven years in prison for working on a child pornography network. (Photo by Ijaz Bloach)
Updated 27 April 2018
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Pakistan sentences man in first conviction over child porn

LAHORE: A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Sargodha has sentenced a man to seven years in prison for working for a child pornography network, the first such conviction in the country.
The court’s ruling against Sadat Amin was announced on Thursday, said district police chief Suhail Chaudhry.
Amin was arrested earlier this month by the Federal Investigation Agency — Pakistan's version of the FBI — following a complaint from the Norwegian government, Chaudhry added.
He said the investigation proved Amin produced and sold porn videos of children to a Norway-based network.
During the trial, prosecutors said Amin confessed to luring children to produce porn videos.
Pakistan recently introduced laws giving authorities power to crack down on the porn industry.