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+tags:
+  - Organization
+  - Pedophile_Group
+  - Switzerland
+  - 1980s
+  - 1990s
+  - Beat_Meier
+  - Snuff_Film
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+The Swiss Paedophile Association was a Swiss organization that counted among its founding members [[Beat Meier]] and [[Karl Hobi]]. [[Beat Meier]] served as the honorary president of the association and published a pedophile magazine called LIBIDO from Zurich. The association formed part of the broader network of European pedophile organizations connected to the [[Spartacus Network]] through shared membership and publication distribution channels.[^1]
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+The association came under scrutiny during Scotland Yard's investigation into snuff films. [[Karl Hobi]], a founding member, was identified by a convicted pedophile named Jean Michel Klopp as having shown him a snuff film featuring a British boy in 1989. Klopp told investigators that Hobi had described the film as a new kind of product for a new clientele that could make significantly more money because of its extreme content. Hobi attributed the organization of the film's production to [[Beat Meier]]. Both Hobi and [[Beat Meier|Meier]], imprisoned at the time, refused to be interviewed regarding the allegations. The Swiss Paedophile Association's connections to [[Beat Meier|Meier]]'s LIBIDO magazine and to the broader Spartacus infrastructure linked it to the international distribution networks for both child pornography and, according to witness testimony, snuff films.[^1]
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+### Footnotes
+[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar.