Police Unload International Network Of Porn Videos Of Same-Sex Children Via Telegram

Deputy Chief of Soetta Airport Police AKBP Ronald FC Sipayung when showing a number of evidences from the disclosure of an online child pornography case in Tangerang (Azmi Samsul Maarif)

TANGERANG - City Police (Polresta) Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta), dismantled the international network selling pornographic videos of same-sex children through the Telegram messaging service application.

"So there were five perpetrators who were arrested with different roles, there was a role that made content record, prepared facilities, then there was the role of adults who were involved in the video," said Deputy Chief of Police of Soetta Airport AKBP Ronald FC Sipayung at a press conference in Tangerang as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, February 24.

The five perpetrators who were arrested in the case of child pornography network include HS, as the main actor in producing pornographic content.

MA, as the perpetrator of sexual abuse and dissemination of content, AH, buyers of pornographic content, KR, perpetrators of sexual abuse and facility providers. Then, NZ, content buyers, perpetrators of sexual abuse and facility providers.

"The perpetrator who is an adult involves children as victims in the video, then that becomes content that is traded or distributed to people who are indeed looking for pornographic content," he said.

As for the victims of this case, there are as many as eight children who are underage with an age range of 12 to 16 years.

"From the results of the development carried out by educators, we found that there were eight children who were victims of international pornography networks," he said.

The perpetrators produced pornographic videos of children independently through personal cellphone recordings. Then, they disseminated and sold them through the VGK premium telegram account.

"We believe that the content has been sold or distributed. Where these perpetrators get profits by selling the videos," he said.

Pengungkapan kasus tersebut berawal dari laporan masyarakat kepada pihaknya sejak 21 Agustus 2023 lalu mengenai tindak pidana pornografi jaringan internasional. Selanjutnya, pihaknya melakukan penyelidikan dan berkoordinasi dengan Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) US.

From the results of the investigation, the police then identified one of the perpetrators suspected of producing and distributing child pornography content.

After that, the poolition arrested one perpetrator with the initials HS in the Kedaung area, Tangerang, Banten, along with several pieces of evidence from the production of the pornographic content.

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Because of the suspect's persuasion, said Ronald, the victim was also interested in the perpetrator's offer which then invited the other victim to become the object of the pornographic content.

"These victims were deceived by the perpetrators from online games by playing together (Mabar). Until then the perpetrators offered the action by giving agift that could be used to play games," he explained.

For the sale of this child pornography content, the perpetrators received a profit of approximately up to Rp. 100 million.

"The perpetrator sold the video at a price of $50, $100, or a value of Rp. 100,000 to Rp. 300 thousand," he said.