The Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police concluded the investigation investigating a man accused of being the largest pedophilia store in RS, this Tuesday (15), in Canoas (RS). He was arrested red-handed in September, but was released by the courts. Remember the case .
One 37-year-old businessman was arrested on suspicion of storing more than 200,000 files of photos and videos of child pornography and pedophilia in the city of Canoas (RS).
The investigation that led to the man’s arrest lasted around nine months, according to police chief MaurÃcio Barison. During this period, agents identified that the suspect downloaded files from the internet and stored them on devices such as notebooks and external hard drives, to make locating them difficult.
Investigations and arrest warrant redone
The police investigation was sent – ​​meaning that the investigation procedure was completed and the files were sent – ​​to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Judiciary, due to the end of the deadline established by the judge in the case.
According to delegate Barison, the General Institute of Expertise (IGP) has not yet completed the examination of the items seized during the investigation. The expert report is expected to be delivered this October. According to the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police, IGP technicians analyze more than 16 gigabytes of detected files.
For the police, the forensic report can completely change the businessman’s situation. This is because he was released from preventive detention by the courts, as he falls under article 241-B of the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA), which refers to the acquire, possess or store, by any means, photographs, videos or other forms of recordings containing explicit or pornographic sexual scenes involving children or adolescents. The maximum penalty for this crime is 4 years, which would have prevented preventive detention, in addition to the fact that the man is a first-time offender.
If the investigation finds that the businessman was also sharing the content, the case will comply with what is provided for in the article 241-B of the ECA, which deals with offering, exchanging, making available, transmitting, distributing, publishing or disseminating by any means, including through a computer or telematic system, photography, video or other record that contains an explicit sexual scene or pornography involving a child or teenager. In this case, the crime is punishable by 3 to 6 years in prison.
During the investigations, the civil police and the MP requested the man’s preventive arrest, which was denied. He was released by the court on condition that he remained at home between 8pm and 6am, in addition to being monitored by an electronic ankle monitor.
This content was originally published in Police finalize investigation and indict the largest pedophilia store in RS on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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