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On November 11, 2009, a joint operation with the Thai CWD, Region 5 Police, Swiss Police, Forensic Police and The Grey Man resulted in the arrest of a former  Swiss banker, Cornel Josef Wietlisbach.  The arrest made the front page of a number of Thai newspapers as well as Blick newspaper in Switzerland.  After receiving intelligence from a young boy who had been abused a Grey Man surveillance team watched the suspects hotel room and noticed a number of Akha hill tribe boys going to Wietlisbach’s room.  Ethnic minority groups, such as the Akha, are a typical target of peadophiles due to their poverty.On the basis of the testimony of the young boy and the surveillance material  an arrest warrant was issued.  In the joint operation Wietlisbach opened the door and a police officer then told him that he was under arrest on the charge of sexual penetration of a child under the age of fifteen. The suspect showed some resistance to his arrest but finally calmed down. The police announced his basic rights and took him into custody. There were two boys sleeping in the bed and they were taken to the police station in a separate vehicle.

Searching suspects room

Wietlisbach denied all charges and refused to say a word until his lawyer arrived.  A search of his room found an external Flash Drive and a digital camera contained pictures of unidentified naked boys.  Other forensic evidence was also collected.

Wietlisbach was denied bail and his court case will be scheduled for 2010.  A nice christmas present for Grey Man but no happy new year for Wietlisbach.

Cheers

John Curtis

Wietlisbach arrested

Tags: arrest, Grey Man, greyman, paedophiles, pedophiles, police, thailand

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