M uch has been made about pedophilia and child trafficking rings lately. Most of it has been difficult to prove and many internet sleuths on Reddit and Twitter have crossed the line that separates libel from truth, but that doesn't mean that pedophilia and politics haven't gone hand-in-hand before. Disturbing investigations around the world have linked high ranking officials, politicians and aristocrats to pedophilia, child pornography and trafficking rings in the past.





In the 1980s, a member of the British parliament named Geoffrey Dickens claimed that pedophilia and child trafficking were rampant within the corridors of power in the UK. His files and evidence were ignored by high ranking officials. More disturbingly, the files containing names of over a dozen members of parliament and more than 30 high ranking judges, teachers, and CEOs; and their involvement in something called the Pedophile Information Exchange, were confiscated by government officials. It wasn't until 30 years later that Dickens' claims would be taken seriously.





In a book called Smile For The Camera: The Double Life Of Cyril Smith , co-written by a member of parliament named Simon Danczuk, it is alleged that Cyril Smith, a former member of the British parliament, had over 140 complaints of pedophilia filed against him but was never prosecuted. Those interviewed in the book also allege that lewd and indecent photos were found in Smith's car, but that he was mysteriously able to escape without charges. One retired police officer also alleged that high ranking Special Branch Officers from the UK government refused to allow him to ask a victim directly about Cyril Smith during an investigation.





All of this seems to be ripped from the pages of a conspiracy novel, but most of it has been reaffirmed by witnesses and other high ranking politicians and journalists. Due to the UK's strict libel laws, most journalists are unable to publish materials without proper clearance. Some journalists claim to have been threatened with jail and prosecution if they published anything related to the documented cases of pedophilia among Britain's elites. As for how deep the conspiracy stretches into the upper chambers of Britain's highest offices, that's even more disturbing.





In an interview with the BBC, a former Conservative Party whip recounted times when members of parliament would come to party whips asking for help with getting out of sticky situations. He told the BBC, “It might be debt, it might be a scandal involving small boys, or any kind of scandal which a member seemed likely to be mixed up in, they'd come and ask if we could help. If we could, we did.” The former whip from the BBC interview, Tim Fortescue, was the Conservative Party whip from 1970 to 1973, indicating that such acts of pedophilia have been common for a lot longer in the UK's highest offices. That BBC clip can be watched here .





Ideas about high ranking investigators and government officials covering up cases of pedophilia and child trafficking are not as unbelievable as they'd like us to think. The Guardian reported on the high profile case of child abuse at a young boys' home in Ireland and MI5's alleged efforts to cover-up the involvement of government officials:







MI5 is facing allegations it was complicit in the sexual abuse of children, the high court in Northern Ireland will hear on Tuesday.

Victims of the abuse are taking legal action to force a full independent inquiry with the power to compel witnesses to testify and the security service to hand over documents.

The case, in Belfast, is the first in court over the alleged cover-up of British state involvement at the Kincora children's home in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. It is also the first of the recent sex abuse cases allegedly tying in the British state directly. Victims allege that the cover-up over Kincora has lasted decades. – Vikram Dodd and Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian









The same article also cites that Amnesty International has fully backed the victims and their claims. Those same victims allege that Kincora was run by a Protestant paramilitary organization that was using the young boys and offering their services to men. They allege that MI5, Britain's equivalent of the CIA, not only covered it up but colluded with the organization and other officials to protect those involved.



