pedophile material
A man was arrested by the National Police while traveling through Salamanca during the beginning of the city’s celebrations. He had installed a video surveillance camera along a busy central street to secretly observe minors. The operation aimed to record teenagers as they urinated, a clearly predatory act.
The arrest occurred last Friday, followed by a rapid court appearance that led to a prison sentence of one and a half years. The cases were reported on Monday by the Sub-Government Delegation in Salamanca.
Earlier in the same week, police noted the presence of a foreign sex offender, identified as a Japanese national, who was under surveillance as part of a crime-prevention device activated during the Salamanca Fairs and Festivals. The suspect was tracked and captured around 10 a.m. after placing a hidden camera between two containers on a central street to capture minors in sensitive moments.
The investigation revealed that the person aimed to record and distribute images of young people naked or partially clothed while they urinated. The material was meant to be shared live through social networks or concealed internet forums.
During the search of the suspect’s hotel room in Salamanca, police recovered equipment used to record and process the images. A sizable amount of material found on connected devices was under analysis for links to other crimes or to international distribution through police cooperation with similar operations abroad. These findings pointed to a broader network focused on child sexual abuse material.
Following legal proceedings, the detainee received a sentence of one and a half years in prison. After a speedy trial, the sentence could be substituted with a forced departure from the country and a five-year ban on entering Schengen territory.
(Source: Sub-Government Delegation in Salamanca)