They were arrested from the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate to various regions of Attica, three (3) people and a criminal case was filed against them for online pornography of minors.

To investigate the case, digital analysis and thorough online research was conducted to identify Internet users who possessed and shared digital files containing child pornography.

In this context, it was found that the users possessed at least -972- records of sexual abuse of minors, even making use of different electronic traces of internet services.

The above was brought to the attention of the Athens District Attorney’s Office, while after correspondence with the internet service providers as well as the further preliminary police investigation, the details of the persons involved were identified.

In searches carried out at the homes of the arrested, a laptop, ten (10) PC hard drives and a mobile phone with a sim card were found and confiscated, while a lot of material (photos and videos) of sexual abuse of minors was found in the digital evidence.

Those arrested were taken to the competent prosecution authority and referred to a main interrogation, while the digital evidence seized will be sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for laboratory examination.

It is reminded that citizens can contact, anonymously or by name, the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, in order to provide information or to report illegal or fraudulent acts or activities carried out over 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 Daily life/ Complaints / Complaints about cybercrimes
Through the application for smart phones: CYBERKID