There has also been an arrest in the province of Sassari as part of the State Police operation against online child pornography. Six people have been arrested and 18 are under investigation: significant amounts of computer equipment have been seized from all of them.
The investigation, led by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office and conducted by the Lombardy Cybersecurity Operations Center with operational coordination from the National Center for the Fight against Online Child Pornography (Cncpo) of the Postal Police and Cybersecurity Service, was launched following the forensic analysis of devices seized from two people in Milan last year for possession of a large quantity of child pornography.
Subsequent investigations led to the mapping of several Telegram groups and the identification of twenty-four users involved in the distribution and production of child pornography , with victims identified for three of those arrested. Two of those arrested are residents of the Campania capital, one in the province of Salerno, one in the province of Sassari, one in the province of Vibo Valentia, and one in the province of Padua , and range in age from 38 to 58.
The operation, which involved the Cyber Security Operations Centers of Milan, Naples, Florence, Genoa, and Reggio Calabria, as well as the Cyber Security Operations Sections of Varese, Sassari, Nuoro, Alessandria, Aosta, Livorno, Udine, Benevento, Imperia, Novara, and Padua, the Police explained, highlights the Postal Police's ongoing commitment to monitoring the internet to protect minors and the effectiveness of the resulting investigative efforts.
(Unioneonline)
