Feds crack down on teen, preteen 'model' sites

The operators of dozens of teen and preteen "modeling sites" that critics say are nothing more than eye candy for pedophiles have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Alabama for allegedly trafficking in "visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct."

The indictment, unsealed this week in Birmingham, Ala., charges Webe Web Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and its principals, Marc Evan Greenberg and Jeffrey Robert Libman, with 80 counts of conspiracy and interstate trafficking of the images of teen and preteen girls on dozens of Web sites operated by the company. Both men were arrested Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale and are due to be arraigned on Friday.

source: Article 'Feds crack down on teen, preteen 'model' sites - Florida firm's owners face child porn charges for provocative photos of kids' by Mike Brunker; www.msnbc.msn. com/id/15977010/; MSNBC; 6 December 2006