Online child pornography, six arrests and 18 under investigation in nine regions

A large operation against online child pornography was conducted by the Police as part of the activities to combat the sexual exploitation of minors online. The investigations led to the flagrant arrest of six people for possession of a large quantity of child pornography material and to the reporting of 18 other suspects from whom substantial computer material was seized.

The investigation, directed by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Milan and conducted by the Operations Center for Cyber ​​Security in Lombardy with the operational coordination of the National Center for the Fight against Online Child Pornography of the Postal Police and Cyber ​​Security Service, was born from the forensic analysis of the devices seized from two people arrested in Milan last year for possession of a large quantity of child pornography material. The investigators managed to map various Telegram groups and detect the presence of twenty-four users involved in the dissemination of child pornography material as well as in the production with victims identified for three of those arrested.

The investigations

The arrested people - two residents in the Campania capital, one in the province of Salerno, one in the province of Sassari, one in the province of Vibo Valentia and one in the province of Padua - aged between 38 and 58, were found in possession of a large quantity of child exploitation material. Copious computer material seized during the search activities - more than 3,000 files - including images and videos. The Operational Centers for Cyber ​​Security of Milan, Naples, Florence, Genoa and Reggio Calabria collaborated in the executive phase of the investigation, as well as the Operational Sections for Cyber ​​Security of Varese, Sassari, Nuoro, Alessandria, Aosta, Livorno, Udine, Benevento, Imperia, Novara and Padua.