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. It was also connected with the pedophile advocacy organisation Ipce (formerly the International Pedophile and Child Emancipation). A 2004 newspaper article identified Dan Markussen as the organization's spokesman. In 2000, a Danish TV documentary team went undercover to investigate the group. Members were shown exchanging child porn and giving advice on how to contact children in internet chatrooms. A man was arrested by police in connection with the investigation. In 2000, the group asked its members to provide misleading information to authorities to help

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evade prosecution. Rosser was a former member of

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's band who had been charged with producing and distributing

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''. 22 October 2001. Retrieved on 18 May 2012. He was convicted in 2001, however, and was added to the

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's most wanted list. In 2004, the Danish newspaper ''

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'' ran a front-page article by the journalist Kristian Ditlev Jensen calling for the organisation's home page to be taken down. Similar criticism of the groups came from papers such as ''

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'', ''

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.'' In 2004, the

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of the

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voted against the dissolution of the association.

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1985 establishments in Denmark 2004 disestablishments in Denmark Organizations established in 1985 Organizations disestablished in 2004 Pedophile advocacy Clubs and societies in Denmark {{sex-stub