The Directorate for the Prosecution of Electronic Crime filed a case file against two citizens, in the context of targeted investigations to combat child pornography and on the "Dark Internet". These are two nationals, 33 and 35, who kept an account on a "Dark Internet" website ( darknet ), with child sexual abuse material
The targeted actions were carried out in cooperation with Europol and FBI
Targeted actions to combat child pornography were also carried out by the Hellenic Police Cybercrime Directorate on the "Darknet" and a regular court case file was filed against two nationals, 33 and 35 years old, respectively. in the case of child pornography.
In particular, the investigation of this case began after business conducted in cooperation with Europol and the FBI, on the "anonymous network" of "The Onion Router" (Tor), where websites containing material for the sexual abuse of minors were identified. The thorough analysis of the data revealed the involvement of local internet users who had an account on one of the websites in question.
As part of the investigation of the case by the Directorate of Electronic Crime Prosecution in cooperation with the American Authorities (FBI) and the competent services supply internet services, based in the USA, the electronic traces of the e-mail account with which registration had been made on the website in question were established.
For the above, the relevant Prosecutor's Offices were informed and a relevant order and order was issued to remove the confidentiality of communications. A methodical police and digital investigation of the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office followed, in cooperation with the relevant Internet and telecommunications service providers, and the two nationals were identified as administrators of the e-mail account in question.
25-11-2014 carried out a regular police investigation, in the presence of a Judicial Officer, in the homes and workplaces of the two nationals in Patras, where the on-site digital investigations verified the account management and identified other digital details of the case.
A (1) internal hard drive was found and seized within the framework of the investigations, which will be sent to the Criminal Investigation Division for the necessary laboratory examinations.
A case file of a regular procedure was submitted to the competent Prosecutor's Office.