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From the subsequent provision of information by the ISPs involved and the declassification of the communications, the individuals involved and their home internet connections were identified and their place of residence ascertained.

As part of a coordinated police operation, during the period from November 15 to 23, 2024, police officers of the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, with the assistance of police officers and other Services, carried out house searches, in which they found and seized:

• 10 PC hard drives,

• 6 mobile devices,

• portable storage medium (USB),

• 2 portable computers (laptops) and

• external hard drive.

As noted by the Police, during the on-site digital investigation, a large amount of material (videos and photographs) of sexual abuse of minors of infant, school and even teenage age was found in part of the above evidence and therefore three people were arrested as part of the spontaneous procedure.

The seized digital evidence will be sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for further laboratory examination.

The arrested persons were brought to the competent prosecutor’s office in the spontaneous procedure, where the two were referred to the main interrogation, while the regular procedure files will be submitted competently.