Paedophile held after Interpol plea
A man seen abusing children in South-East Asia in images posted on the web has been arrested in the US following a global hunt.
Lyons-based Interpol said Wayne Nelson Corliss, 57, was arrested at his apartment in Union City, New Jersey, at around 5am UK time on Friday, and later confessed to the crimes.
The first photos of him abusing boys aged between six and ten were found by police in Norway in March 2006. So far, about 800 images have been discovered, all featuring the same victims and locations. They are all believed to have been taken between April 2000 and May 2001.
The organisation's Secretary General, Ronald Noble, said: "Two days ago, this man's nationality, identity and location were totally unknown.
"All we had to go by were a series of graphic photographs in which the suspect was seen sexually abusing young children and our confidence that the public and police worldwide would once again respond to Interpol's call for assistance.
"That two days later the primary suspect is now in custody is an outstanding achievement and credit to the citizens, media and law enforcement worldwide who responded to Interpol's call."
Mr Noble said there were almost 250,000 site visits on Interpol's website within the first 24 hours of the launch of the global appeal - over ten times the daily average that the site usually receives.
Interpol's first such campaign led to the arrest and trial of Canadian Christopher Neil in Thailand last year.
The 32-year-old was arrested and has since gone on trial in Thailand charged with molesting and distributing pornographic images of two Thai boys. If found guilty he faces up to 20 years in prison.
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