Brussels, 27/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Over the next two years, the European Union member states are to harmonise and increase penalties for paedophilia and child pornography on the internet under a draft directive approved on Thursday 27 October by the European Parliament.
Adopting a report by Roberta Angelilli (EPP, Italy) on the draft directive on the exploitation and sexual abuse of chidren and child pornography by 541 to 2 and 31 abstentions, the EP endorsed legislation to lengthen the...