Investigations against children's pornography: Police combs Chemnitz!

Investigations against children's pornography: Police combs Chemnitz!

Chemnitz, Deutschland - The police in Chemnitz searched several apartments today to take action against the abuse of children and the spread of child pornography. These measures are part of a greater investigation that affects not only Chemnitz itself, but also the surrounding districts of Erzgebirge and middle Saxony. The missions ran over several places, including Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Rochlitz, Schwarzenberg and Zwönitz. All 76 suspects who are between 17 and 61 were accused of being involved in criminal activities, but there were no arrests during the missions. According to Zeit , the seized cell phones and storage media are evaluated intensively, which will take some time.

Today's raids are not the only procedure for the police against child pornography. At the end of March there was a Europe -wide campaign that was initiated by the Polish police and coordinated by Europol. In this promotional week, over 774 searches across Europe were carried out, with 76 apartments being searched in Saxony alone, such as MDR. A total of more than 594,000 illegal files were secured on over 6,000 digital data carriers. However, only a small part of the cases seems to be informed because the investigation is still in full.

balance of the investigation

The balance of the Saxon State Criminal Police Office shows that more than 200 civil servants were involved in the deployment in Saxony. Nevertheless, the evidence collected in the action week remained a challenge for the investigators, since the evaluation of the seeds still continues.

The police crime statistics of recent years show an alarming trend: the cases of child pornography have increased significantly. The [Spiegel] (https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/kinderpornography-pornography-pad-kriminalstatistik-pks-erlichlich- Mehr-Faelle-a-dfa0968c-4c75-a3bd-25d6a1b9e0c6) records an increasing number of registered cases that indicate that Illegal trade in child pornography and the associated types of crime are increasingly becoming the focus of the police and judiciary. This represents a social challenge that urgently needs to be combated.

The current investigations and operations of the police are part of a more comprehensive struggle against child abuse and the spread of child pornography, which is urgently necessary both at regional and European level.