Genoa, Operation “Old School”. 4 Arrests in the Fight Against the Sharing of Child Pornography
The Cyber Security Operations Center of Genoa has concluded an operation to combat online child pornography throughout the Ligurian territory
Genoa, Operation “Old School”. 4 Arrests in the Fight Against the Sharing of Child Pornography
As part of the activities carried out by the State Police for the protection of minors, The Cyber Security Operations Center of Genoa has concluded an operation to combat online child pornography throughout the Ligurian territory, which led to the arrest of four people in flagrante delicto and the reporting at large of a fifth, on various charges, for production, distribution and possession of child pornography.
The activity was started by the National Center for the Contrast of Online Child Pornography (CNCPO) thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the British non-profit organization Child Rescue Coalition (CRC) and continued on peer-to-peer platforms, allowing the identification of the users of the accounts where images and videos of child pornography had been shared and downloaded.
The personal and computer search warrants issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Genoa and executed by the Cyber Security Operations Center of Genoa, with the collaboration of the provincial Sections of Imperia, Savona, La Spezia, allowed the discovery of a large quantity of child pornography material on the suspects.
The suspects, including two IT professionals, an employee and two pensioners, are aged between 48 and 69.
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