Civil servant on vice ring charges

The Hague - Dutch justice authorities, accused of bungling investigations into an Internet child vice ring, braced for a fresh…

The Hague - Dutch justice authorities, accused of bungling investigations into an Internet child vice ring, braced for a fresh barrage of criticism yesterday when it emerged that a civil servant faced child pornography charges.

The man, who worked in the Justice Ministry's computer applications management department, was fired last week for downloading pornography from the Internet and distributing it through the ministry's internal computer network, a ministry spokesman said.

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