They were investigated by the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate three counts of child pornography specifically, one person was arrested in the context of the spontaneous procedure, while regular procedure files were filed against three more people.

According to ELAS, there was an investigation and the use of information, which was brought to the attention of the Athens First Instance Prosecutor’s Office and after correspondence with the internet service providers and the further police investigation, the details of the people involved were identified and their places of residence were revealed.

In particular, the first case was preceded by the cooperation of the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate with the US-based NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children), in which a 27-year-old internet user was found, within Greek territory, to possess and distribute material of child pornography on the Internet.

In the second case there was cooperation between the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate and the Norwegian and Spanish authorities, and a 33-year-old user of online applications was identified, who distributed child pornography to other users, as well as a 55-year-old internet user, who was one of the recipients of said material.

In the third case was preceded by a complaint by a minor, according to which an unknown internet user chatted with her on social media and took nude photos of her, while the subsequent investigation revealed that he is a 21-year-old.

In searches carried out in their homes, between April 25 and May 5, 2023, 5 mobile phones, 2 internal hard drives, a micro SD card and a SIM card were found and confiscated.

From the on-site investigation of the digital evidence of the person involved in the first case, a large amount of material (photos and videos) of minor pornography was found and he was arrested in the context of the autoforos. With the case filed against him, he was taken to the competent prosecutor’s office, he was referred to a main investigation and his temporary detention was ordered. It is worth noting that the arrested person has been employed in the past for the same crime.

For the other two cases, the involvement of the three individuals in them was identified, however, the conditions for the automatic procedure were not met. In these cases, the filed files were submitted to the competent prosecuting authorities.

The seized digital evidence was sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for laboratory examination.