Overview
- Authorities arrested men aged 47 and 31 in the provinces of Trento and Reggio Calabria on charges of possessing and disseminating large quantities of child pornography.
- Six people are under investigation in a probe coordinated by the Milan prosecutor’s office and the national online child-exploitation unit of the Polizia Postale.
- Investigators seized electronic devices from four additional suspects aged 47 to 57 in Rome, Latina, Brescia, and Milan for detailed examination.
- The case involves so-called “live distant child abuse,” in which offenders remotely induce or coerce minors to perform sexual acts in real time via digital platforms.
- Chief prosecutor Marcello Viola announced a press conference and said data analysis and cooperation with international agencies will continue to map the network and identify victims.