Europe 1 with AFP 7:23 p.m., November 16, 2022
The judicial police arrested 48 men suspected of having downloaded and consulted massively pornographic photos and videos featuring children.
Among those placed in police custody, the youngest is 26 years old, the oldest is 79 years old.
Local elected officials are also among those arrested.
The judicial police carried out a major sweep throughout France this week with the arrests of 48 men suspected of having downloaded and consulted massively pornographic photos and videos featuring children, we learned on Wednesday from a close source. folder.
The operation, coordinated by the Central Office for the Suppression of Violence against Persons (OCRVP), has mobilized several judicial police services in mainland France since Monday, explained this source, confirming information from Franceinfo.
People between the ages of 26 and 79
Among those placed in police custody, the youngest is 26 years old, the oldest is 79 years old.
"It's Mr. Everybody, there is no typical profile, unemployed, retired, working people", according to the close source.
Local elected officials are also among those arrested.
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For the time being, these men are suspected of consuming "illegal content from minors" but the police custody, carried out under the authority of several prosecutors' offices, will have to determine whether they have committed "more serious things", such as assaults. sexual or rape, the same source said.