The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

An ICE investigation resulted in the arrest of Gregory C. Kapordelis, 46, of Gainesville, Georgia,on April 12, 2004. Kapordelis was a respected anesthesiologist in Georgia. Forensic examinationof his computers yielded over 10,000 images and 300 videos of child pornography depictingunderage boys engaging in sexual acts. Some of the child pornography had been downloadedover a two-year time span from various newsgroups. There was evidence that some of the childpornography found on three of his computers was downloaded as early as the late 1990’s.Kapordelis produced numerous images himself by sexually abusing children both in the U.S. andabroad.In the U.S. he would earn the trust of parents so that they would allow their sons to travel withKapordelis or stay at his home. While the underage boys were in his care, he would furnish themwith alcoholic beverages so strong that the boys would pass out. While they were sleeping,Kapordelis would then pull down their pants and molest them while photographing the abuse.Two of those victims were 11 and 14 year old at the time of the abuse and were unaware themolestation occurred until law enforcement discovered the images through the initialinvestigation. Kapordelis also abused foreign children while traveling abroad in countries such asRussia and Prague.On May 24, 2007, Kapordelis was convicted of three counts of using a minor to produce asexually explicit image, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of possessionof child pornography He was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison and 6 years of supervisedrelease.U.S. v. MariscalDOJ, Statement of Deputy Attorney General Laura H. Parskey before the U.S. Senate,January 16, 2006, http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/DAAG%20Testimony%201192006.pdfFrom 1989 until his arrest by U.S. Postal Inspectors in 2002, Angel Mariscal produced childpornographic videos for sale, including made-to-order videos for persons with specific childpornographic interests. Mariscal, who was HIV positive and several coconspirators, personallyvictimized more than 150 children from 9- to 16-years-old, mostly in Ecuador and Cuba, toproduce the videos. Customers also were given the option of writing their own fantasy scripts.When Mariscal was arrested, he was selling his videos for as much as $975 each. Theinvestigation revealed that Mariscal grew a customer base in the United States of approximately300 people who expressed an interest in or actually purchased his material.B-4