In the fight against sexual violence against children, the police have searched 113 apartments, houses and offices throughout Hesse since the beginning of the year - about half of all cases in the past week.

Catherine Iskandar

Responsible editor for the "Rhein-Main" department of the Sunday newspaper.

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As the Hessian State Criminal Police Office announced on Monday, the accused are 54 men and three women.

According to the current status of the investigation, there is no exchange between them, nor do they know each other.

The accused are being investigated for the sexual abuse of children and young people and for the acquisition and possession of child and young person pornography.

Eight of the accused were questioned by the police.

About 930 storage media seized during the searches last week are now being evaluated.

As a spokeswoman said, the evaluation can take some time due to the large amount of data.

Investigations of the BAO focus

The investigations are led by the "BAO Focus", a special investigative group in the fight against child pornography.

A total of more than 300 employees are organized in this group.

The cases are passed on to the respective police headquarters via the State Criminal Police Office, where they are finally processed.