A 49-year-old German national has been arrested in Chania for the distribution and possession of child pornography. The police operation was part of the international operation code named “Pacifier”.
According to the police report, the 49-year-old man was known to authorities as he had prior arrests for similar charges. The police investigations initially focused on a woman, who appeared to download the illicit material, however upon investigation it transpired that the 49-year-old had hijacked her Internet connection to avoid detection.
The police launched an operation for the 49-year-old’s arrest and was located hidden in the apartment building where he resided. As part of the investigation the police recovered a laptop which he had hidden on the rooftop of an adjacent building, including an external hard drive.
Police officers reported that the child pornography includes thousands of images and videos of children as young as seven months old, up to the age of ten. Further investigations are currently under way.
