The National Police have arrested a 23-year-old individual in Mataró (Maresme) who had gained the trust of a minor under 14 years of age to obtain an exchange of images of a sexual nature, going so far as to travel from Barcelona to Almería to have a sexual encounter. with the.
In the home search of the detainee, numerous pedophile material was located on his computer which, after being analyzed, resulted in the identification of five new victims, all of them residing in different parts of Catalonia,
He used the same modus operandi with all the minors, contacting them through social networks and after gaining their trust, he began to request photos of a sexual nature.
National Police agents have identified five new victims of the groomer detained in Mataró. In the home search of the detainee, numerous pedophile material was located on his computer, which after being analyzed resulted in the identification.
After the arrest and prosecution of a man for sexually assaulting a minor with whom he contacted through a video game, the agents have managed to complete the second phase of this operation with the identification of new victims and charges of new crimes of corruption of minors, sexual provocation, distribution of child pornography and coercion.
Likewise, from the analysis of all the digital information intervened in the first phase, the agents have been able to confirm that the person investigated always captured the minors through different social networks and after some initial conversations, in which he earned their trust, he began to request the referral of intimate photos of a sexual nature. Once the relationship was consolidated, he proposed a personal meeting, although these meetings did not always take place due to the young age of the victims and their lack of personal and economic autonomy.
The agents do not rule out that the person investigated could be the author of other crimes of a similar nature, not reported up to now, and that new victims could feel identified with the facts and file the corresponding complaints.
