A 22-year-old man was arrested by the Judicial Police for enlisting a 12-year-old child to send pornographic images. The arrest took place in Torres Novas, where a house search was conducted.
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13/11/2026
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U22-year-old man was arrested by the Judicial Police (JP), through the Department of Criminal Investigation of the Azores, with the support of the Department of Criminal Investigation of Leiria and the Technological and Informatics Forensics Unit, for “strong evidence of the practice of child pornography crime, aggravated”.
The arrest, explains the PJ in notified published this Friday, November 13, “occurred in the city of Torres Novas, where a house search was conducted, with research on computer equipment used by the suspect”. It resulted “in the seizure of several photographs and videos, with pornographic content”.
The images, it is also noted, “represent a 12-year-old child living in the Island of São Miguel, with whom the suspect previously interacted through social networks”.
“ The relationship of established trust allowed to convince the victim to send him intimate content, which he disclosed over the internet, using the false profile ", explains the Judiciary Police.
The arrestee shall be present to the competent judicial authority for the application of appropriate coercion measures.
The survey is conducted by DIAP of the Azores.