〔編譯管淑平／綜合報導〕荷蘭警方逮捕一名二十七歲戀童癖男子，涉嫌利用在至少兩家托兒所當代課老師的機會性侵兒童，並拍攝、散佈兒童色情片，檢警十二日宣布偵破此案時指出，此案受害人多達五十名兒童，背後可能涉及一個兒童色情犯罪集團，呼籲民眾提供線索。

恐有兒童色情犯罪集團操控

這名嫌犯是在七日落網，阿姆斯特丹市長范德蘭與市警局長威爾騰、檢察長波哈爾，十二日晚間共同召開記者會，表示「這是一起一名男子涉嫌重大性侵案，這名男子在上週二被捕後就遭羈押」，並已通知五十多名家長出面指認。

利用代課老師職務找獵物 最長受害者僅4歲

檢警表示，此案受害者可能有三十到五十名幼童，年紀最大四歲，但此案仍在調查中，可能還有更多受害人和其他嫌犯。波哈爾說，這是一起「龐大且複雜」的案子，目前還不知道確實受害人數。

荷蘭警方是根據美國執法部門提供的線索揪出這名男子。美國在調查另一起兒童色情案時查到一張受害人畫面，認為源自荷蘭，便知會荷蘭，警方公布畫面後，被該名受害孩童的父母認出來，進而查出這名嫌犯，七日晚間將他逮捕。

嫌犯是來自拉脫維亞的荷蘭公民，從二○○七年二月到二○一○年一月間在阿姆斯特丹至少兩家托兒所當代課老師，也在網路上應徵臨時保母。波哈爾說，嫌犯落網後承認過去一年半期間，犯下數十起兒童性侵案，警方也在他的電腦裡查出兒童色情圖片。

通常根據荷蘭隱私權法，警方不會公布嫌犯照片，但此案卻罕見地公布嫌犯照片，對此，范德蘭說是方便指認，讓為數眾多的父母確定他們的孩子是否受害。

檢方另以涉嫌持有兒童色情圖片為由，逮捕嫌犯的三十七歲伴侶。嫌犯工作的其中一家托兒所一名三十九歲職員，也因涉嫌企圖進行「猥褻性」網路聊天被捕。警方懷疑，此案背後有一個戀童癖犯罪集團。

今年七月，荷蘭也曾爆出類似性侵案件。一名六十歲的游泳教練，在多年工作生涯中利用職務之便，性侵四十名女生，大部分受害者都是有學習障礙的殘障女童。該名野獸教練最後被判七年監禁。

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以下新聞來源：http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11981734

Dutch nursery abuse arrest prompts major inquiry

Dutch police said the suspect had worked at creches and as a childminder

A 27-year-old man who worked in at least two nursery schools has been arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of abusing 30 to 50 young children.

Robert M - as he was named by police - was detained last Tuesday and more than 50 parents were contacted on Sunday.

A spokeswoman for the Dutch public prosecution service described the case as "huge" and "unprecedented".

The suspect was identified after a two-year-old boy's picture was shown on Dutch TV as part of a US inquiry.

Police said he had also worked as a childminder in the Amsterdam area.

They said they were trying to establish whether other people were involved in the alleged abuse of young children up to the age of four.

The man's male partner, 37, has been detained on suspicion of possession of child pornography.

Another employee at a nursery where Robert M, originally from Latvia, worked is also being held.

US investigation

The case began when US authorities informed Dutch police that a photograph seized in a separate investigation had originally been taken in the Netherlands.

After the picture was broadcast on a Dutch TV crime show, the victim's parents are said to have come forward.

The Dutch public prosecution service said that medical and psychological help was being offered to all the families connected to the two nurseries.

"With regard to the abuse of small children, this is huge and unprecedented [for the Netherlands]," spokeswoman Ruth Gorissen told the BBC News website.

The mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, told a news conference on Sunday night that the case involved "serious suspicion of grave abuse".

Meanwhile, Dutch media reported that a mother who had suspected that her child had been abused at one of the nurseries in 2008 complained she had not been taken seriously by either the nursery or the police.