Civil Police of Pará conducts an arrest for storing child pornography and apprehends a suspect with the support of the Scientific Police
A report from the grandmother of a teenager led to the identification of the suspect who made pix payments and sent gifts to teenagers for pornographic content
In the early morning of this Tuesday (19), teams from the Specialized Police Station for the Protection of Children and Adolescents (DEACA), located in the building adjacent to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia Hospital, executed two search and seizure warrants at the homes of two men investigated for child sexual exploitation and sexual harassment. The Scientific Police of Pará participated in Operation Acacia, assisting with the forensic examinations at the locations, which allowed for the arrest of one of the suspects in the act.
“These warrants aimed to investigate cyber crimes against children and adolescents. The investigation that led to the arrest began when the grandmother of a 15-year-old teenager came to DEACA reporting that her grandson was a victim of sexual exploitation. She became suspicious after noticing that the teenager was receiving expensive gifts and frequent pix payments,” reports the head of DEACA Santa Casa, delegate Danielle Ambrósio.
According to the delegate, upon starting the investigation, a conversation was found exchanged with the suspect, who instructed the teenager to delete all videos containing pornographic content, in case he was discovered, and to say that they were just friends.
“In light of sufficient evidence of authorship and materiality of the crime of child sexual exploitation, we represented to the Justice for search and seizure at the residences of the subjects, which were granted by the Police Inquiry and Precautionary Measures Court of Belém. The PCEPA accompanied us during the execution of the warrants, and the forensic experts were able to verify that one of the men had a vast amount of child pornography on his cell phone, in addition to message groups in apps where he shared this type of content,” explained Danielle Ambrósio.
Scientific Expertise - Forensic experts from the IT sector of PCEPA accompanied the operation with the aim of conducting initial forensic examinations that could configure the arrest in the act.
“The Scientific Police goes along with the Civil Police in order to make the arrest in the act. The importance of the forensic examination is precisely to detect this material on the electronic devices used by the suspects, to seize it, and to support the arrest made by the PC,” describes the data processing technologist and forensic expert of the Scientific Police, Natanael Neto.
The forensic expert further explains that the seized material was collected and will undergo a second, more detailed forensic examination at the PCEPA laboratory, where systems can catalog all the material found and also recover any content that has been deleted from the devices. This analysis also allows for the identification of other possible criminals within the same network as the suspect, who exchange this type of content and information. The complete report will be sent to the Civil Police to corroborate the investigation.
Report
All information regarding the abuse of children and adolescents can be reported through the Disque-Denúncia, at the number 181, or via WhatsApp (91) 98115-9181, with Iara. In both cases, confidentiality and anonymity are guaranteed.
