Dniester uncovers child molester network

TIRASPOL, July 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Police in the breakaway Dniester
region of Moldova said on Thursday it uncovered an underground network
providing services to foreign pedophiles.
"The scope of the phenomenon was rather impressing. Organizers of the
criminal business looked for teenagers from problem families, rented
apartments for clients and received fabulous profits," the interior
ministry said.
It said numerous minors confirmed a relationship, in particular, with
a 46-year old German national. He did not confess but told investigators
he was "nearly in love with the boys" who wanted to meet him themselves.
Nearly a third of able-bodied population left Moldova in search of
work and police estimated over 100,000 children remained without parents.
Pedophile scandals rocked the country several times. Last year a British
national was detained and in August a US millionaire was sentenced in the
United States.