The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate filed a criminal case against five people, as well as a regular lawsuit against one person for child pornography.
In particular, as part of preventive actions to deal with the phenomenon of child pornography, an operation was carried out under the code name "UNCOVERII" and after many months of thorough and in-depth online research and digital analysis of the digital data found, with the use of special software programs, users were identified of Internet, within the Greek territory, who had a number of files suitable for sharing with content child pornography.
In fact, during the research, users with a lot of activity were identified and specifically it was observed that they had a total of at least (3.629) worth sharing. archives 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 confidentiality of communications, while after correspondence with internet service providers and further police investigation, the details of the individuals involved were identified and their place of residence emerged.
Following the above, teams of police officers of the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate, conducted searches in the homes of those involved, where, after their involvement was established, a total of (14) hard drives were found and confiscated.
From the on-site search of the digital evidence of the five arrested, a number of files were found (photos and video) of child pornography, while for the sixth perpetrator his involvement in the 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.
