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And be sorry, because the news of secret hobbies could even break the family.
During a search at Sergei L.’s residence, the police officers decided after receiving information that pornographic recordings of young children who were sexually exploited were constantly being viewed in the house where he lived using information technology.
The suspicions were confirmed: during the search, the criminals seized a laptop belonging to Sergei L. and found more than 30,000 people. graphic images containing pornography. Of these, 528 photos were selected that could represent minors. However, examination of these data by experts revealed that children under the age of fourteen were registered in 39 registries.
In addition, the researchers found that Sergei L. regularly visited various Internet sites that displayed pornography. These include those who have illegally released recordings of sexually exploited minor children.
The defendant immediately admitted the accusations made against him. And there was nothing to deny, because the evidence found after the search was indisputable.
“I have been watching pornography for two years at home using an Acer laptop,” Sergei L. told police. “It was my secret, nobody knew I was watching pornography.”
The man said that he mainly looked at images of adult pornography, but “I also looked at children”: “Because there was both child and adult pornography on the pages I visited.”
Sergei L. argued that he viewed pornography just out of curiosity.
“I never downloaded pornography on my computer or anywhere else, did not show it to anyone or distribute it,” said the defendant Vilnius resident. “I don’t care about child pornography, but I could see it on the web.”
When asked by officials how to find sites that post pornographic images, Sergei L. said: “It’s very simple: I went to the search site and entered the word ‘sex’ in the search box, after which the search engine returned all kinds of pages that both adult and child pornography “.
The man did not hide the fact that he was careful and viewed pornography only using a computer.
“I sincerely regret my actions,” said a man who had had no prior involvement in law enforcement.
At the time, police officers said Sergei L. had been viewing pornography from February to September 2020, when his home was searched and a computer was taken from him. An inspection revealed that 1,425 porn sites were visited during this period.
“The computer also used the social network Twitter to view suspected pornography microblogs, as well as pornographic chat platforms online,” the researchers said.
Sergei L., a specialist who inspected the computer, claimed that the man, who was responsible for the videos and photos, did not send them to his computer.
“They were seen simply because each web browser saves video documents, clippings, snippets, or other data in a cache on a computer,” he said. – Video documents remain on the computer regardless of human actions; These video documents, snippets, clippings and other data can be deleted by one person – transferred, saved to media or other directories created on a computer. People often do not know that the images they see are saved. Web browsers have this autosave to speed up the opening of websites, so if a user has activated a website once, the web browser will not reload it a second time, but will simply display a static copy of the site previously saved on the computer. “
The officers transferred the criminal case against Sergei L. to the Vilnius City District Court. Judge Mindaugas Ražanskas, who analyzed the collected data, stated that the defendant had gained access to objects of pornographic content depicting children or depicting children.
For this crime, the court awarded Sergei L. 5 thousand. However, the fine was reduced by a third to € 3,350 as the case was handled under the abbreviated procedure. The court ordered the convict to pay the fine within six months, paying at least 600 euros each month. Furthermore, a laptop (a criminal tool) was confiscated from Sergei L., who was also required to report a change of residence or departure for one year.
Judge Mindaugas Ražanskas
According to the Court, the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the fight against sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography establishes that, to be prosecuted for knowingly obtaining access to child pornography through the technologies of information and communication, you should intend to visit a website that contains child pornography material and be aware that such images can be found there.
“Penalties should not be imposed on persons who inadvertently access websites containing child pornography; the intentionality of the infringement may be determined, in particular, by its recurrence or by the fact that the infringement was committed with the use of a paid service ”, the Court stated that each country in the European Union must take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that intentional acts committed without a right are punishable, such as the deliberate acquisition of access to child pornography through use of information and communication technologies.
“ The court assessed the frequency of visits (February to September 2020) to websites visited by Sergei L. that contain pornographic objects depicting a child or a person as a child, as well as pornographic objects depicting a child. or a person (39 pornographic video documents), there is no basis to conclude that Sergei L. accidentally accessed these documents online: on the contrary, Sergei L.’s repeated actions, carried out over a sufficiently long period of time , indicate a prior intention to access pornographic material on the Internet that contains depicts minors. ”, – Judge Ražanskas stated that there is no doubt that Sergei L. deliberately reviewed pornographic image documents depicting a child or depicting a person as a child.
Every year, the Lithuanian courts hear dozens of criminal cases of illegal possession of pornographic records representing children. Most of the time these are children filmed abroad, but officials have also recorded cases in which minors or minors are persuaded or even voluntarily send their photos to perverts, who often also pretend to be girls.
“While keeping records of child pornography is an easier crime than distribution, the very fact that a person is interested in such things is already a serious sign: it is necessary to be interested in what we do,” authorities said.
According to them, child pornography “fans” who get caught up in Lithuanian officials often offer various excuses, but the real truth about why they downloaded, kept or even distributed pornography is not dared to say out loud.
“Today, without our realizing it, the pornography industry is ending its conquest of the world; its annual earnings are higher than all professional sports combined,” said Kristina Mišinienė, director of the Center for Combating Trafficking of human beings and exploitation. – There are no reliable studies on this issue in Lithuania, in the United States it is announced that 35 percent. all information uploaded online contains pornographic content, and children are introduced to virtual pornography from the age of 11 on average. The American Psychological Association is even simpler: Pornography harms children and adults, destroys families and society. Let’s talk about this insidious phenomenon with teens on the school bench, help them recognize the dark threats on the Internet, because it can take a lifetime to get rid of them. “
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