Online child pornography: 17 precautionary measures and transnational organization defeated
Postal Police operation coordinated by the Rome DDA. Over 22 thousand videos and 34 thousand images seized.
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- The State Police has carried out 17 precautionary measures against a transnational criminal organization dedicated to the online dissemination of child pornography.
- The investigation, coordinated by the Rome DDA and launched in 2024, started thanks to reports from the American HSI.
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Why It Matters
The investigations began in 2024 thanks to international cooperation with the US agency Homeland Security Investigations.
A transnational criminal organization dedicated to the online dissemination of child pornography material: this is what was discovered by the State Police, as part of an investigative activity to combat online child pornography, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of the Rome Prosecutor's Office. The investigating judge issued 17 precautionary measures. The details of the operation will be illustrated at 11.30 during a press conference at the Rome prosecutor's office.
Over 22 thousand videos, 34 thousand images and 282.9 gigabytes of illicit material acquired. These are the numbers of the vast operation carried out by the Postal Police specialists, coordinated by the prosecutors of the Rome DDA, which led to the arrest of 17 people (ten in flagrante delicto), including one in Switzerland, accused of being part of a transnational criminal organization dedicated to the online dissemination of child pornography material. The investigations were started in 2024 following information shared, in the context of international cooperation, by the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agency relating to the presence on Telegram of a private group called 'New Saga', dedicated to the dissemination of child pornography.
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Illustration of the details of the operation in a press conference at the Rome prosecutor's office
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Open Questions
- What details will emerge in the press conference?
- Will there be further arrests linked to the 'New Saga' group?
