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Vilnius County Officials from the Criminal Police Property Crimes Investigation Board of the Chief Commissariat of Police investigating cybercrime and the Vilnius Public Prosecutor’s Office have launched five pre-trial investigations for possession of child pornography cases.
The investigations started after the Lithuanian police carried out criminal intelligence actions on the Internet and in cooperation with foreign partners.
During the pre-trial investigation, at least 7 searches were carried out at the suspects’ premises and workplaces. During the search, more than 40 objects important for the investigation were found and seized, that is, desktop and laptop computers, mobile phones, tablets, external and internal hard drives, USB connections and others.
Criminals often look for victims on social media posing as girls.
Five people were suspected of disposing of pornographic content (article 309 (2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania), (acquiring pornographic content), acquiring, storing and distributing more than 200 pornographic files using special platforms for file sharing.
During this type of pre-trial investigation, the investigation often reveals that the suspects are working according to a previously prepared plan, that is, pretending to be girls, searching for victims on social media, then abusing minors with immoral sexual messages, sending pornographers. in which other victims of the suspects were photographed.
Also taking advantage of the trust, social immaturity and vulnerability of minors, they are exploited for pornography, which means that the vast majority of minors are persuaded to undress and pose in front of a webcam. Furthermore, victims of sexual abuse and exploitation for pornography are found to be sexually abused.
Officials recall that the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania establishes criminal responsibility for the production, acquisition, possession, display, advertising, offering or distribution of pornographic content depicting a child or a person as a child, or for obtaining or provide information and communications technology or other means. access to pornographic content that depicts a child or presents a person as a child.
The police request to immediately report on the manifestations of similar criminal acts to www.epolicija.lt.
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