Dutch prosecuting man whose child pornography case may be linked to Canadian girl Amanda Todd
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Dutch prosecutors have filed indecent assault and child pornography charges against a 35-year-old man suspected of blackmailing underage girls to perform sexual acts in front of a webcam.
Dutch broadcaster Omroep Brabant has suggested the unidentified suspect's case may be related to that of 15-year-old Canadian girl Amanda Todd. Todd committed suicide in 2012 after being victimized in a similar manner, and bullied.
Lawyer Christian van Dijk confirmed to The Associated Press Thursday one of the charges against his client involves a 15-year-old girl from British Colombia. But prosecutors have only said the man is suspected of blackmailing girls in the U.S., Britain and the Netherlands.
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The suspect, who has dual Dutch and Turkish nationality, was arrested in January.
Prosecutors first publicized his case after a preliminary hearing Wednesday.