A 55 -year -old man was indicted and placed in pre -trial detention for paying more than 30,000 euros to attend rape of children live online from Colombia, the Paris Laure Beccau prosecutor announced on Saturday.
According to a source close to the file, confirming information from the radio here, man is a mechanic living in the Lille region. He is suspected of having ordered, for four years, between 500 and 600 rapes of children and adolescents, girls and boys, to a Colombian family, the near source said.
Use of consumer credits
The investigations revealed that the suspect made transfers “for a few people in Colombia, for more than 30,000 euros, in exchange in particular of sexual images of young children”, according to the prosecutor. He used consumer credits to finance these rapes in livestreaming, according to the near source.
The suspect was indicted on Friday for “complicity in human beings with regard to minors victims of 15 years of rape, rape and sexual assault on minors, in particular incestuous, and instigation of others without having been followed by effect, as well as of acquisition, detention and usual consultation of images of minor presenting a pornographic character.” He was placed in pre -trial detention.
Reporting of an American specialized service
The survey began with reports from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), an American specialized service. This service detects the child pornographic images that circulate on social networks, specifies the radio here.
During the search of the suspect’s home, weapons were also found, as well as equipment, which was seized. Investigators from the Office of Minors (OFMIN) must now “establish the scale of the phenomenon”. The investigations were entrusted to investigating judges.
“Warm of minors victims”
“As part of its national competence in terms of online pedocrime, the Paris prosecutor’s office led with the OFMIN an operation coordinated with Colombia which led, for the first time, to the simultaneous arrest of the French sponsor, local authors and intermediaries called” MoneyRunners “” on Monday, reported the prosecutor in a press release.
This operation also allowed “identification” and “the shelter of minors victims”, she said, stressing that the presence of a French liaison magistrate in Colombia since this year had facilitated cooperation between the two countries.
