No, this research was based on a study by Dr Michael Seto 2008. I do remember it being challenged at the time.
So many variables were taken into account and it has since been updated and revised down to 1%.
I found an interesting article regarding the update and well worth a read.
How many men are paedophiles?
with respect there are multiple links in wiki, but it wasnt my only source.
lets say that it is 1%, and 33% of that are in the right age group..so thats 0.33%.
0.33% of 10,000,000 is 33,000 people.
So i think we agree that the figure is between 33,000 and 85,000 yes?
and considering that in portugal most people live on the coast..according to world data 65% of its population is there.
there are 92,000 sq km in portugal and less than 5% of it is withiin 10 miles of the coast..so maybe 10,000 sq km where 20,000 peadophiles live.
2 per sq km?..and thats using the conservative figure of 0.33%.
but lets not get lost in the detail, the message is that despite what we may think, they are amongst us and in much greater numbers than you realise.
P.S. edit: i realise that some people here dont agree with this angle, but to those i would say that i didnt seek to use this figure as basis for my theory- it as only when i had a thought to actually check to see how prevalent it was. i didnt foresee the figure but when i did the math it still didnt surprise me.
however it did surprise others. at that point in all the threads here- some 45 or so, no one had mentioned or discussed if paedophilia was relatively uncommon. i merely brought like to that. Again because ive read about it so many times before in similar situations.
The weakness as someone pointed out was that it would be unusual for child traffikers to target well off holiday makers when children to abuse are readily available in poorer parts of the world.
subsequent to that i read that people were known to be specifically seeking blonde, white kids..
so i dont really know but i do know im willing to concede to a better take on events. So far it all fits if you assume there are many.
the more detail we have, the more it points to numerous people involved it seems.