Interviews of ELBE disclosed that he had transported the minor from Novokuybishevsk to Moscow for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Subsequently, Moscow City Police conducted a search of the subject's apartment and seized 400 videotapes, video duplication equipment, and sales and shipping records. As a result of the December 2000 search, the U.S. Customs Attach in Moscow forwarded information to U.S. Customs field offices in the United States, identifying a number of suspects who allegedly had ordered child pornography from the Blue Orchid Web site. Additionally, approximately 50 leads were sent to U.S. Customs Attach offices around the world. To date, enforcement actions have been completed in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Investigations currently are underway in a number of other European countries.
U.S. Customs agents later learned that, at the time of the search, Martikean was in Russia attempting to have sex with a child. Martikean is suspected of having molested children between the ages of 10 and 14. Brown County, Wisconsin Sheriff' s Office, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin Sheriff's Office, Hobart, Indiana Police Department, and the Portage, Indiana Police Department. The movies depict forcible sex and painful sadomasochistic activity. The victim is visibly crying in both films.