mobanmarketThiruvananthapuram : 12 people have been arrested and cases registered against 20 people in Kerala for propagating child pornography through social media, police sources confirmed on Sunday.
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The action follows raids conducted by the Counter Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CCSE) of Kerala Police at 21 places in the state.
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The CCSE works in coordination with the INTERPOL- Crimes against Children Unit and the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children.
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The raids started at 6am on October 12 and ended at around 1am on Sunday, a senior police official said.
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Operation targeting those who possess, import and distribute child pornography on the internet.
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Laptops, mobile phones modems, hard disks, memory cards, computers and other electronic equipment were seized from those arrested, police said in a release.
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The WhatsApp groups which were sharing child porn content were also identified, it said.
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Police said that they were closely monitoring various groups in WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook.
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“The simultaneous state wide raids were organised under the direct supervision of District Police Chiefs, assisted by shadow teams and a specially trained cyber team, the official said.
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This was the third such special drive conducted by police with the help of Interpol, the earlier ones being in April and June this year.
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Police said that as part of the operation,they identified many such social media groups and also 126 people suspected to be engaged in large-scale distribution of child porn.
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Viewing, distributing or storing any child pornographic content is a criminal offense which can attract imprisonment upto five years and a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh. (Dh51,790/-)
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