WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Environment & Natural Resources Division issued the following news release:
A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Cincinnati today to conspiring to create and distribute "animal crush" videos through his active participation in certain online groups. The videos depicted extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys.
According to court documents, Hugh T. Campbell conspired with others to create and distribute videos depicting acts of sadistic violence against monkeys. Making and sharing such videos violates the federal anti-animal crush law.
Campbell and his co-conspirators used encrypted chat applications to direct money to individuals in Indonesia willing to carr...