DIE: PRESS RELEASE – A 56-year-old Greek national was arrested for molestation of a minor and possession of child pornography.
A 56-year-old Greek national was arrested in the afternoon of 23-12-2015 in Kallithea by police officers from the Juvenile Sub-Directorate of the Attica Security Directorate for indecent assault on a minor and possession of child pornography.
Specifically, the perpetrator, in the midday hours of 23-12-2015, inside his home in Kallithea, committed indecent acts against a minor Greek citizen, offering him a small amount of money as a reward.
The investigation found that the arrested person, since the end of November, had repeatedly committed indecent acts against the aforementioned minor.
In addition, it was found that the 56-year-old was seeking out and approaching minors via a mobile phone application and then urging them to meet with him.
In his possession and at his home, one (1) mobile phone, three (3) laptops and one (1) external hard drive containing child pornography material were found and seized.
Further investigation revealed that the perpetrator had been arrested in 2005 for similar offenses and had been released from prison in 2015 with restrictive conditions.
The arrested person, with the case file filed against them, was taken to the Athens, who referred him for main interrogation to a Regular Investigator.
It is recalled that citizens can communicate, anonymously or by name, with the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate, in order to provide information or report illegal or reprehensible acts or activities carried out via the internet, at the following contact details:
By phone: 111 88
By sending an e-mail to: ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
Through the application for smartphones with ios-android operating system: CYBERKID
Via Twitter "SOS Cyber Alert Line": @cyberalertGR.
