#1970s
34 entries tagged 1970s.
People (5)
- Anastasio Somoza Anastasio Somoza Debayle was the dictator of Nicaragua whose family ruled the country for forty-six years until the Sandinista revolution in July 1979, after which his dispersed National Guard officers became the founding cadre of the Contras.
- Edmundo Meneses Former Nicaraguan ambassador to Guatemala, National Guard general, and Managua police chief who was Norwin Meneses's brother and primary protector, and a probable CIA asset assassinated in Guatemala in 1978.
- Norwin Meneses Norwin Meneses Cantarero, known as "El Rey de la Droga," was Nicaragua's most prolific drug trafficker who simultaneously served as a DEA informant while running a cocaine distribution network spanning from Central America to California in support of the Contra movement.
- Rafael Cornejo Norwin Meneses's nephew and distributor in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1970s whose territory stretched to Portland, Oregon, convicted of income tax evasion in 1985 and cocaine trafficking in 1996.
- William Nelson William Nelson was the CIA's deputy director of operations from 1973 to 1976, overseeing all covert operations worldwide, and later became vice president for security at Fluor Corporation where he met with Ronald Lister during the early 1980s.
Organizations (17)
- Adelphi Academies Adelphi Academies was a private children's school in Florida owned by a wealthy individual named Peter Bradford.
- Brother Paul's Children's Mission Brother Paul's Children's Mission was a summer camp on North Fox Island in Lake Michigan that served as a front for child pornography and prostitution.
- Father Bud's Boys Farm Father Bud's Boys Farm was a rural foster home located on a farm in Monteagle, Tennessee, owned and operated by the ordained Episcopal priest Cladius Vermilye, known by the alias Father Bud.
- Legion of September 15 Early Contra group of ex-Nicaraguan National Guardsmen based in Guatemala, co-commanded by Enrique Bermudez and Ricardo Lau, that formed the core of what became the FDN.
- NAMBLA NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) was a United States-based organization that advocated for the normalization of sexual relationships between men and boys.
- Nicaraguan National Guard Somoza's military force that served as army, police, and intelligence service, trained at U.S. military schools, and whose dispersed officers formed the founding cadre of the Contras.
- Ocean Living Institute The Ocean Living Institute was a sea-steading foundation incorporated in New Jersey by Adam Starchild, who also served as the incorporating agent for Brother Paul's Children's Mission on North Fox Island.
- Odyssey Foundation The Odyssey Foundation was the legal front entity for John David Norman's Odyssey Network trafficking operation, operating from Dallas, Texas.
- Odyssey Network The Odyssey Network was a sophisticated child trafficking and prostitution operation based in Dallas, Texas, during the 1970s.
- Painting Decorating Maintenance Painting Decorating Maintenance (PDM) was a construction company owned by John Wayne Gacy in Norwood Park, Chicago.
- PAN Magazine PAN (Paedo Alert News), subtitled 'A Magazine about Boy-love,' was a pedophile newsletter started by Francis Shelden in Amsterdam under the pen name 'Frank Torey.
- Sandinistas Frente Revolucionario de Sandino (FRS), the leftist revolutionary guerrilla group that overthrew Somoza's U.S.-supported dictatorship in Nicaragua in 1979, triggering the Contra war.
- Spartacus Club The Spartacus Club was an underground paedophile network operated by John Stamford from Amsterdam. The club used Spartacus International as a legitimate front to attract members.
- Spartacus International Spartacus International was founded by John Stamford, a British foreign-national and defrocked Anglican priest who fled to Amsterdam in 1972 after being charged with operating a child pornography service through the mail.
- Spartacus Network The Spartacus Network was an international child trafficking and pornography distribution network that operated from the 1970s through the 1990s, primarily based in Amsterdam but with global reach.
- The Church of New Revelation The Church of New Revelation was a sham religious entity incorporated in New Jersey that served as an umbrella organization for child exploitation operations during the 1970s.
- Troop 137 Troop 137 was a Boy Scout troop chartered in eastern New Orleans in 1974 by three men: Richard Halvorsen, Raymond Woodall, and Robert Lang.
Programs (2)
- Delta Project The Delta Project was the operational name for John David Norman's child trafficking and prostitution network, also referred to as the Odyssey Network.
- Project MKUltra Project MKUltra was a top-secret, illegal human experimentation program designed and undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Events (2)
- Dean Corll Murders Mass murder of 28 young men in Houston, Texas (1970-1973) that uncovered connections to organized child trafficking and pornography networks with apparent institutional protection.
- Phillip Paske & The Delta Project Investigation into John David Norman's Delta Project, a boy trafficking scheme operated from inside Cook County Jail using jail printing facilities to distribute materials.
Concepts (6)
- Boy Prostitution Boy prostitution emerged as a systematic commercial enterprise during the 1970s, operating through organized networks that trafficked male children across the United States and Europe.
- Fascism Fascism emerged as a political ideology that found expression in both American and European contexts examined in the text. In the United States, fascist sympathizers attempted to subvert democratic institutions during the 1930s.
- Hermes Hermes was an underground boylover newsletter printed in Chicago during the 1970s that served as a communications hub for a nationwide child trafficking and pornography network.
- Homosexuality Homosexuality was frequently conflated with pedophilia by news and law enforcement agencies during the 1970s and 1980s.
- International Child Trafficking Network Overview International child trafficking networks operated across Europe during the 1970s through the 1990s, with connections extending to North America and beyond.
- Pedophilia Pedophilia was often conflated with homosexuality by news and law enforcement agencies during the 1970s and 1980s.
Places (2)
- Stoke Lodge Stoke Lodge was the Australian High Commissioner's residence in Kensington, London. Sir Gordon Freeth served as Australian High Commissioner while residing there. Martin Allen, aged 15, disappeared in November 1979.
- Walton Hop Disco The Walton Hop Disco was an underage nightclub that served as a procurement center for a suspected pedophile ring involving BBC celebrities during the 1970s and 1980s.