Orphanage sex suspect denied bail
Published: 12 December, 2008, 11:00
A court in Philadelphia has charged a millionaire businessman with running a child prostitution ring in Russia.
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Two Frenchmen, who posed as charity workers at a Russian orphanage, have been accused of sexually abusing children in their care. It’s alleged that Guilem Garcia and Frederic Burda touched and photographed naked children in the northern city of Arkhangels
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Published: 12 December, 2008, 11:00
A court in Philadelphia has charged a millionaire businessman with running a child prostitution ring in Russia.