Barletta, citizen reported to the Judicial Authority for possession of videos and images with child pornography content

The Finance Police of the Provincial Command of Barletta have reported to the Judicial Authority an Italian citizen from Trinitapoli, with no criminal record and aged 30, for the possession of numerous videos and images of child pornography depicting minors in sexually explicit attitudes.

The Guardia di Finanza of Margherita di Savoia, during investigations aimed at preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering purposes, making use of the powers of Currency Police delegated by the Special Currency Police Unit based in Rome, they found numerous anomalous financial transactions carried out using revolving or prepaid credit cards and, in some cases, the use of bitcoins, all attributable to online purchases from foreign sites.

In the development of this inspection activity, The Finance Police carried out a targeted house search – delegated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bari – together with specialized personnel from the Operational Section for Cyber ​​Security – Postal Police of Foggia, at a home in Trinitapoli available to the subject, finding a smartphone cell phone, the forensic analysis of which allowed the discovery of hundreds of videos and images containing child pornography, the object of computer transactions carried out on some US sites; specifically, using particular search engines capable of anonymously navigating the darkweb and deepweb, the subject made several purchases of cryptocurrencies which he subsequently used to purchase child pornography material, for the value of several hundred euros.

At the end of the investigations, the competent Public Prosecutor's Office of Bari submitted to the Judge for the preliminary hearing a request for referral to trial;

The economic control of the territory carried out by the Guardia di Finanza, also through the in-depth analysis of reports of suspicious transactions from the Financial Information Unit of the Bank of Italy, is once again revealed as a bulwark against not only financial and tax crimes, as tools for illegal enrichment, but also as a tool for combating other types of crimes, thus ensuring the general safety of citizens.