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Child raid: investigators search 33 apartments in and around Munich - suspects in the district

2023-05-24T10:29:44.777Z

Highlights: 70 police officers searched 33 apartments in and around Munich by court order. Investigators seized numerous mobile phones, computer systems and more than 70 electronic storage media. A total of 33 suspects (31 men and two women) between the ages of 16 and 63 were identified. The crimes had been reported by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which in turn had received information from the United States. All 33 suspects were released after the necessary police measures were taken, reports the police headquarters. The ongoing investigations are being conducted by Commissariat 17 of the Munich Criminal Investigation Department.



70 police officers searched the homes of the suspects. (Symbolic image) © IMAGO / U. J. Alexander

In the fight against child and youth pornography, investigators searched 33 apartments in and around Munich on Tuesday morning, including six in the district. In doing so, they secured umpteen pieces of evidence.

District - The investigating authorities struck a blow against child pornography on Tuesday, May 23: In the early hours of the morning, around 70 police officers searched 33 apartments in and around Munich by court order, six of them in the district of Munich. In the case of the total of 33 suspects (31 men and two women) between the ages of 16 and 63, there is, according to the Munich police headquarters, "the urgent suspicion of not only possessing child pornography, but also distributing it in some cases". Connections and connections between the individual suspects relevant to the respective crimes are not known according to the current state of investigation.

The crimes had been reported by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), which in turn had received information from the United States. Investigators seized numerous mobile phones, computer systems and more than 70 electronic storage media during the raid. A total of fifteen people were identified. All 33 suspects were released after the necessary police measures were taken.

Raid in and around Munich: "Momentum in the field of child pornography is high"

"The digital forensic evaluation for incriminated files continues and makes it clear that the dynamics in the field of child pornography remain high," reports the police headquarters. The ongoing investigations are being conducted by Commissariat 17 of the Munich Criminal Investigation Department.

The searches took place under the direction of the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office and the Center for Combating Child Pornography and Sexual Abuse on the Internet (ZKI), which was set up at the Bamberg Public Prosecutor's Office.

You can find more news from the district of Munich here.

Source: merkur

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