The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate filed a criminal case against five people, as well as a regular lawsuit against one person for child pornography.
Ειδικότερα, στο πλαίσιο προληπτικών δράσεων για την αντιμετώπιση του φαινομένου της πορνογραφίας ανηλίκων πραγματοποιήθηκε επιχείρηση με την κωδική ονομασία «UNCOVERII» και μετά από πολύμηνη, ενδελεχή και εμπεριστατωμένη διαδικτυακή έρευνα και ψηφιακή analysis των ανευρεθέντων ψηφιακών δεδομένων, με τη χρήση ειδικών λογισμικών προγραμμάτων, εντοπίστηκαν χρήστες του διαδικτύου, εντός της ελληνικής επικράτειας, οι οποίοι είχαν πρόσφορο προς διαμοιρασμό πλήθος αρχείων με περιεχόμενο πορνογραφίας ανηλίκων.
In fact, during the research, users with high activity were identified and in particular it was observed that they had to share a total of at least (3.629) files of sexual abuse of minors, using a total of at least (247) different electronic tracks.
The above were brought to the attention of the Athens Prosecutor's Office and a relevant committee was issued to remove the secrecy of communications, while after correspondence with the internet service providers and the further police preliminary investigation, the data of the persons involved and their place of residence was obtained.
Following the above, police units of the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, carried out searches at the homes of those involved, where, after their involvement was established, a total of (14) cruel discs.
From the on-site investigation of the digital evidence of the five arrested, a number of files (photos and video) of child pornography, while for the sixth perpetrator his involvement in illegal activity emerged, without, however, meeting the conditions of the spontaneous procedure.
The confiscated digital evidence will be sent to the competent Department of the Directorate of Criminological Investigations for further laboratory examination.
The five arrested with the cases against them were taken to the competent Prosecutor and referred to an Investigator, while the case against the sixth perpetrator was submitted to the competent Prosecutor's Office.
