Pedophilia on the web, arrested wanted for over 10 years

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 24 - A 50-year-old man, wanted for over 10 years for being one of the most active producers of child pornography material that marketed on the dark web, was arrested by the Police, as part of an investigation by the violence group of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office. "The shadow man" is also accused of grooming and abusing children under the age of ten. The Postal Police today has executed an order of precautionary detention in prison issued by the investigating judge of the Capital. According to what has been reconstructed, the arrested for years worked in a virtual pedophile community The Love Zone (TLZ), now closed, where he made child pornography available to users. The man, an Italian citizen and known under the pseudonym Shadow, had managed to evade investigation for over a decade and even evaded arrest by members. Against him, the prosecutor of Piazzale Clodio EugenioAlbamonte contests the crimes of aggravated sexual violence, criminal association aimed at the dissemination of pedophilia practices, the sharing of information useful for the solicitation of minors and the exchange, detention and dissemination of child pornography. (ANSA).