Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – With a nationwide raid in 27 cities, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia investigated the spread of child pornography. The measures were directed against 35 suspects who are suspected of having exchanged photo and video files via a messenger service, said Markus Hartmann, head of the central cybercrime unit at the public prosecutor’s office in Cologne (ZAC NRW).
“The fact that images of abuse are also shared via ordinary messenger services shows the extent of the problem of child pornography on the Internet,” says Hartmann. “The fight against child pornography is a long-distance race in which we will not let up,” said Ingo Wünsch, director of the State Criminal Police Office of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Police authorities in Bochum, Bonn, Borken, Wesel, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herford, Hochsauerlandkreis, Kleve, Cologne, Lippe, Lüdenscheid, Mönchengladbach, Oberbergischer Kreis, Oberhausen, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Rhein-Sieg- Kreis, Warendorf, Wesel and Wuppertal.
