Shock in Northern Greece: It had over 2.5 million child pornography files

At least 2.5 million files with child pornography material were found in the possession of a person who was arrested by the Cybercrime Prosecution in Northern Greece. According to information on the local website proinienimerosiis a 40-year-old from Drama and is already in pre-trial detention in Grevena.

Police found and confiscated 4 hard drives with a total capacity of 15 Terrabytes.

Authorities leaked information obtained through Europol as part of an operation carried out by the French authorities at Darknet earlier this year.

The full police announcement:

A targeted operation was carried out last week (3-6-2022) by police officers of the Cybercrime Prosecution Sub-Directorate of Northern Greece, in the context of which a person who possessed at least 2.5 million files with child pornography material was located and arrested.

In particular, the investigation of the case was preceded by the Directorate of Cybercrime, appropriate use of information, which came through Europol and had arisen as part of an operation on the dark internet (Darknet) carried out by the French authorities at the beginning of last year.

In this context, electronic traces of an internet user emerged in our country, who owned and shared files of child pornography material, through various websites and online services.

The above were brought to the attention of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office and a Preliminary Examination was ordered for the further investigation of the case.

From the subsequent digital analysis of the data and digital data and after relevant correspondence with the involved internet service providers, the details of the person emerged, while his place of residence was verified, in an area of ​​Northern Greece.

Subsequently, police officers of the Cybercrime Prosecution Sub-Directorate of Northern Greece went to search the house of the person, during which, his involvement in the case emerged, while 4 hard drives with a total capacity of 15 Terrabytes were found and confiscated.

In fact, from the on-site search of the above storage media, the police were found to contain at least 2.5 million images and videos with the content of child pornography, about 3.5 Terrabytes in size.

The criminal case against him was taken to the competent Prosecutor’s Office and then referred to a regular Investigator for a main investigation, while the digital evidence will be sent to the Forensic Investigation Sub-Directorate of Northern Greece for further investigation.

It is reminded that citizens can contact, anonymously or anonymously, the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate, in order to provide information or to report illegal or reprehensible acts or activities carried out via the internet, at the following contact details:

Telephone: 11188
By sending an e-mail to: [email protected]
Via twitter: @CyberAlertGR
Via gov. gr in the section Citizen and Everyday / Complaints / Complaints about cybercrime
Through the application for smart phones: CYBERKID