Daycare child abuser had German conviction for child porn

The 27-year-old at the centre of a child abuse case at daycare centres in Amsterdam was convicted of distributing and possessing child pornography in Germany in 2003.


According to the Telegraaf, Roberts Mikelsons was working as a trainee at a daycare centre at the time and was given a suspended sentence.
Mickelsons then apparently moved to the Netherlands where he was able to work with very young children without any checks on his criminal record abroad.
MPs now want the VOG – the certificate of good behaviour which is supposed to prove that someone does not have a criminal record which would prevent them doing their job – be extended to a European police search.
MPs also called for a European register of sex offenders to be set up.

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