police arrested 121 people – 118 men and three women – In one of the most important operations against child pornography in Spain, 125 searches were carried out and 946 devices containing 500 terabytes of pornographic content featuring children were seized.
Interventions were carried out during searches at the homes or workplaces of those detained. 368 hard disks, 427 CDs and DVDs, 114 USB sticks, 37 memory cards, 60 computers, 47 mobile phones, six tablets, one video camera and other electronic devices, the National Police detailed in a statement.
All materials intervened in the operation are investigated by technical analysis of the police. new evidence This allows investigative efforts to continue identifying new victims of sexual abuse or contacts of detainees who form a pedophilia network.
The investigation was initiated by the agencies. Central Cyber Crime Unit Within the scope of preventive duties of cyber patrols to combat pedophile networks that share files of child sexual abuse material over the Internet.
Participation in the operation was required 46 regional units A team of agents specializing in cybercrime.
121 people arrested used this application same digital platform obtaining and sharing illegal content.
One of the arrests was made Madridallowed a man’s intervention and two million cases of serious sexual abuse of very young girls.
Many of the videos were distributed and characterized by a high level of violence inflicted on victims. ten high-capacity hard drives.
In one of the recordings Alicanteagents arrested a man in possession of a large amount of multimedia files containing explicit sexual images of two underage boys.
During the analysis of the files, researchers They realized that the material was recorded at the prisoner’s home.
The courts responsible for examining open cases decided to arrest two of those detained. caceresand for another arrested in Almería, due to the amount of content in their possession, one of these detainees agreed to a five-year prison sentence for possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material.