- The Polish police carried out the Game Over operation aimed at child pornography.
- 100 men were detained and 600,000 illegal files were seized.
- Interventions took place in 170 places throughout the Republic of Poland.
Polish police have uncovered an extensive network of people suspected of sexually abusing children on the Internet. As part of the Game Over operation in the second half of November detained 100 men and seized approximately 600,000 files of child pornography, the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) reported on Thursday. This is reported by the Warsaw correspondent TASR, according to the PAP agency.
According to the office, this is one of the largest events of its kind in Poland. “This is already the seventh operation aimed at persons suspected of pedophile crimes. Its results show how extensive this threat is. The biggest success is that it has once again been possible to interrupt cases of harming children and isolate the perpetrators.” said CBZC director Adam Čiešlak.
Investigators intervened in 170 locations across the country and collected 1,655 electronic devices. Thirty-seven detainees ended up in custody. The two men also face charges of rape and other sexual acts. Among the accused is a 38-year-old man who, according to the police, made recordings of child abuse from his close family environment. Authorities identified him as one of the most active producers and distributors of child pornography in the country. According to the CBZC, another of the suspects had abused five children between the ages of 3 and 9.
The police also reported on the case of a man who was supposed to induce a mother to have sexual contact with her minor son. During the operation, it was also possible to identify two children who were blackmailed by the perpetrators in order to obtain their nude photos for further distribution in pedophile communities. The operation took place in cooperation with the prosecutor’s office and regional police forces. CBZC recalled that in the seven operations of this type so far, the police have carried out approximately 6,500 searches, charged 477 people and seized more than 2.5 million illegal files.
