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Suspected pedophile arrested

Police arrest 25 suspected pedophiles

Officers raid homes of online pedophilia suspects throughout the country, arresting 22 suspects and confiscating their computers and cell phones, used to lure underage children on social media.

Dozens of police officers took part in a raid overnight Monday arresting 22 men suspected of online sexual crimes against children, including committing indecent acts in front of a minor and sexual harassment. Three others were arrested on Tuesday morning.

 

 

Police also confiscated the suspects' personal computers, cellphones and additional evidence.

 

Most of the suspects arrested did not have any criminal records and did not match a specific profile. They work in a wide range of occupations and professions and live in various places all over the country.

 

One of the suspects arrested in the raid
One of the suspects arrested in the raid

 

Among the suspects are workers in hi-tech, a school security guard and a gym teacher. The age range of the suspects is also broad—between 24 and 60.

  

The arrests were carried out after three months of covert investigation, with evidence collected against 31 suspects. Police said additional arrests are expected.

 

The minors allegedly contacted by the suspects are all under the age of 14. The suspects allegedly asked them to perform sexual acts, and some of them also acted to meet with them by promising them gifts, among other things, if the meeting actually took place.

 

"We consider any harm to minors and helpless people to be very grave, including crime in the virtual space," the police said in a statement. "We invested many resources and used the best technological means available, and despite the difficulty in locating and prosecuting the criminals hiding behind the anonymity of the internet, acted with determination and creativity, with the aim of arresting the pedophiles who stalk our children on social media and endanger their physical and mental well-being."

 


פרסום ראשון: 08.29.17, 09:49
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