Abstract
When the FBI set about its nationwide investigation of online pornography, it landed its first prime catch in February 1996. John Delmarle pleaded guilty to transmitting sexually explicit pictures of children through America Online and drew a five-year prison term in New York Federal court. 1 1 Nation In Brief; Man Gets 5 Years For Kiddie Porn Distributed Online, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 12 February 1996. Then in mid July, a Federal grand jury in San Jose, California charged 16 people in the United States and abroad with conspiracy to possess and distribute child pornography. The defendants were members of the ‘Orchid Club’, an online paedophilia club, which inducted its members by requiring accounts of their sexual experiences with children. In one instance, members chatted electronically as two of the men molested a 10-year-old girl. At least eight children were molested in connection with the club and although 13 members were arrested and charged, three others have not yet been identified and are known only by their computer aliases. 2 2 Tim Golden, 16 Indicted On Charges Of Internet Pornography, NY Times, 17 July 1996, p, A10.
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