Showing posts with label Webe Web Corporation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Webe Web Corporation. Show all posts

Friday, 25 January 2013

"The Official Online Community of Webe Web Fans"

When the Webe Web Corporation was still active, Greenberg and Libman would promote their "child modeling" websites on forum known as the "Babble Club." Similar to how forums such as the Web Models Supporters Forum does today:

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/January/11-crm-056.html
Webe Web also admitted that it promoted subscriptions to these individual sites through its free advertising website known as Babble Club. On Babble Club’s website, members could receive a free sample of images of the children. According to court documents, the website encouraged the purchase of subscriptions to the individual websites of the children, and hosted discussion boards and groups which were devoted to each individual website. Babble Club members made postings to the discussion boards, which included comments on specific images they liked, the type of clothing and poses they liked, and poetry written to the photographed child. Certain members posted expressions of fondness and devotion for a photographed child.
After the arrest and subsequent imprisonment of the owners of Webe Web Corporation, one of the former administrators from Babble Club, went on to set up a new forum known as "BabbleCafe" in homage to the original Babble Club forums and Webe Web. BabbleCafe, like its predecessor is frequented by pedophiles that collect and trade images of prepubescent children. BabbleCafe is owned and operated by Jerry Rico of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.

Jerry Rico AKA BuffMan, administrator for Babble Club and owner of BabbleCafe

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

"Glamour" Photography for Pedophiles

Barbara Winnubst, owner of Southern Glamour Girls
 In our previous post we introduced Webe Web Corporation, a child modeling agency which was brought down in 2006 as the result of a federal investigation. Like many child modeling agencies, Webe Web was comprised of photographers operating out of various different parts of the country and abroad. One of the photographers for Webe Web was Barbara Winnubst of Simpsonville, South Carolina, who after the collapse of Webe Web, set up her own agency known as "Southern Glamour Girls" and continued to operate.


Tuesday, 22 January 2013

The Demise of Webe Web Corporation

In 1999, Marc Evan Greenberg and Jeffrey Robert Libman of Fort Lauderdale, Florida formed the Webe Web Corporation. A business which was to be the first of it's kind, marketing images of semi-naked prepubescent girls to pedophiles over the internet. Greenberg and Libman thought they'd found a goldmine, allegedly generating millions of dollars in profit from their new-found business; however everything became undone in 2006 when one of their photographers, Jeff Pierson of Brookwood, Alabama plead guilty to child pornography charges:


The ensuing investigation into Jeff Pierson sparked an even bigger investigation into the Webe Web Corporation which ended in 2011 with Greenberg, Libman and Pierson being sentenced to prison for a variety of crimes against children:

http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/January/11-crm-056.html

Marc Evan Greenberg: president and co-director of Webe Web Corporation
 Marc Evan Greenberg, 45, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pleaded guilty in the Northern District of Alabama on April 21, 2010, to one count of money laundering.   Webe Web pleaded guilty on April 21, 2010, to one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography and 16 counts of transporting child pornography.   U.S. District Court Judge C. Lynwood Smith also sentenced Greenberg to three years of supervised release to follow his prison term and ordered Greenberg to pay $900,000 in restitution to six victims.  
 According to court documents, Webe Web was the registered owner of the website "www.childsupermodels.com," which purported to be a child modeling website that promoted models 7 through 16 years old and their photographers. It contained hyperlinks to websites containing photographs of individual “child super models” featuring minor female children in various poses and wardrobes.   
Jeffrey Robert Libman: vice president and co-director of Webe Web Corporation
The vice president and co-director of Webe Web, Jeffrey Robert Libman, pleaded guilty on Sept. 15, 2010, to 16 counts of transporting child pornography and was sentenced on Dec. 17, 2010, to 108 months in prison.  
Jeff Pierson: photographer for Webe Web Corporation
According to court documents, the photographs of the 16 victims in this case were taken by Jeff Pierson, a former photographer based in the Birmingham, Ala., area.   Pierson pleaded guilty in January 2007 to conspiracy to transport child pornography and transportation of child pornography.   
We do not forget,
We do not forgive,
Expect us.

Friday, 16 November 2012

"G-rated and appropriate for all"

Rodney Kress
This is how Rodney Kress, the owner of TeenModeling.Tv describes his child modeling agency:
"Teen Modeling TV provides a high profile portfolio presence for teen models and child models as well as photographers and other associated talent. The site functions much the same as MySpace. Teen Modeling TV Community members can upload and update their own profiles with images, content and video, browse other portfolios and add images to the community galleries! Lots of cool interactive functions are being added, helping TMTV to function much better as a networking resource and as a medium of exposure for aspiring and professional talent. Uploaded images are moderated before going live on the site keeping the site content g-rated and appropriate for all. Casting agents, scouts, fans and everyone interested is invited to participate."
Essentially, Rodney tries to portray his website as a place where children looking to be models can get a start at their dream career. The reality however couldn't be further from the truth.

Apart from the introductory message, Rodneys agency appears to be like any other child modeling agency which has come before it. In fact before Rodney published his message about being "G-rated" and having "lots of cool interactive functions" and moved his all his images to SnapGalaxy, his websites even looked pretty much the same as other modeling websites and even used the some of the same models:


"Hope" model (not her real name) was featured on child modeling websites produced by the Webe Web Corporation (left hand side image) shortly before the owners of the websites were arrested, charged and sentenced for child pornography offenses. After Webe Web closed down, Rodney thought it would be a good idea to bring Hope to his agency. He later changed his mind and dropped her, this is allegedly a comment made by Hopes mother on the matter:
"Hey Everyone,I wanted everyone to know that Rodney at teenmodeling Tv dropped Hope and Ashley from his site.He wasn’t happy with the choice of Marie Modeling for TTB (FYI: "Marie" is "Hopes" older sister) so he doesn’t want to work with me or my Models.I’m sorry it had to end this way,but I really don’t think it was any of his businness about what Marie did,but he did and he pulled Hope and Ashley down off his site this Morning."
In his introductory message, Rodney exclaims: "Casting agents, scouts, fans and everyone interested is invited to participate." - At a glance this sounds innocent enough, but let me ask you: what exactly does a fan or someone interested in Rodneys website look like?


Hmmmm?


...Well, I can show you, here's one now:


Meet Kevin Lagasse of New Britain, Connecticut.

Kevin has a long history of involvement in child modeling websites and forums, he's currently active on the Web Models Supporters Forum, where Rodney uploads samples of his TeenModeling.Tv material. Here's some comments made by Kevin (AKA KL71):

http://thewmsf.com/././viewtopic.php?f=116&t=313
:heart Strange name...cute girl! Thank you for these samples! :clap
 
 http://thewmsf.com/././././././viewtopic.php?f=117&t=266&start=100
:wub As awesomely beautiful as Jaycie is in these bikini previews, her next set looks even more beautiful than this...despite the fact she's showing LESS skin overall. Khaki shorts anyone? :cool_thumb
People like Rodney Kress aren't about making children's dreams come true or furthering anyone's  career but their own. They're self-serving: driven by greed, manipulating and exploiting whoever they can in order to generate a profit. While the images of the children photographed will circulate the internet amongst perverts like Kevin Lagasse for an eternity.

There's plenty more information to come on people like this.

Expect us.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

The 14th of November - A Day of Reprisal

Greetings citizens of the world,

We are Anonymous.

Today marks the birth of a new campaign directed at addressing websites which sell non-nude sexually suggestive images of children to pedophiles over the internet.

For over a decade child modeling websites have operated with impunity, producing photographs of children (mostly young girls) for the sexual pleasure of pedophiles. Due to the fact that the children being photographed aren't entirely naked, law enforcement agencies are unable to prosecute the individuals involved in producing and marketing these images (please note, that while members of the law enforcement community find these images just as distasteful as you or I, their hands are tied on the matter).

 #OpExposure aims to expose the unscrupulous individuals involved in child modeling agencies who are ultimately responsible for the production of these images.

It's no coincidence that we should choose the 14th of November to mark the beginning of this campaign, as this is a significant day on the calender for the pedophiles which collect these images. The 14th of November is the birthday of probably the most well-known child model in the world, a girl known as "Sandra" (not her real name). Sandra is Russian girl who was featured on child modeling websites since a young age and continued modeling up until only recently (she's now in her twenties). During the time in which she modeled she was used to also produce child pornography images.

"Sandra" - Child Model

What's happening to these children is unethical and has no place in a civilized society, they're being exploited and something needs to be done to ensure the people responsible are held accountable for it.


Rodney Kress of TeenModeling.TV
The first child modeling agency of interest, operates out of Boulder, Colorado of the United States and is known as "TeenModeling.TV" (TMTV). TeenModeling.TV was formed in the early 2000's, by Rodney Kress, who has operated and expanded the agency significantly since then.

Throughout the years in which TMTV has been active, Kress has acquired models from other child modeling agencies such as "FReasternproductions" (an off-shoot of the now defunct Forbidden Realms Forums which were closed due to child pornography) and the Webe Web Corporation which operated "ChildSuperModels" (and was also closed due to child pornography).


Today TeenModeling.TV is one of the largest active child modeling websites available, having had well over a 100 child models on their roster. Rodney promotes his agency by uploading sample images on the Web Models Supporters Forum (WMSF) - a forum where pedophiles congregate to get their jollies off over the images provided. The following comments come from the WMSF forums and were made in regards to photos of prepubescent girls from TMTV:

http://thewmsf.com/././viewtopic.php?f=394&t=1000
"WOW!!! What a cutie!!! Love the fact that she's a little on the pudgy side. :drool"

http://thewmsf.com/./././././viewtopic.php?f=113&t=279&start=250
"How about a set of hanna doing a yoga scene or workin out inspandex or cafey shorts"

http://thewmsf.com/././././././viewtopic.php?f=263&t=738&start=50
"Gorgeous hosed legs and feet :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart"

Kress uses a unique system for selling his child modeling images, a website known as "SnapGalaxy" which hosts and provides the software required. If SnapGalaxy were to discontinue to their service to Rodney, it would cripple his ability to source an income for his agency.

We implore you to ask SnapGalaxy for yourself why they allow their service to used as a means to sexually exploit children:

http://www.snapgalaxy.com/common/contactus

Child modeling websites are a problem which has been allowed to continue unopposed for far too long, now is the time for action.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.