NRC Handelsblad reports:
A year ago today, Jerry K. and Johan T. were sentenced to 21 and 17 years in prison by a Brazilian appeals court for distributing child porn. They had been arrested in Rio de Janerio in 2002 after a police phone tap operation. But in 2004 the men managed to escape to the Netherlands. The two had been released pending their appeal on condition that the Dutch consulate in Rio de Janeiro would keep an eye on them. Instead, the consulate gave them emergency passports allowing them to flee. The incident led to diplomatic tensions between Brazil and the Netherlands.
