2 men, aged 27 & 33, arrested in S’pore for possessing & accessing child abuse material after crackdown in Italy
The men’s nationalities or whether they knew each other were not disclosed.
Two men in Singapore, aged 27 and 33, have been arrested for possessing and accessing child abuse material, following a crackdown in Italy. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) received information from Italian authorities about an operation targeting a Telegram group sharing child abuse material. The men's nationalities and relationship to each other have not been disclosed, and investigations are ongoing.
Under Singapore's Penal Code, possession or access to child abuse material can result in a jail term of up to five years and a fine or caning. In Italy, police conducted an operation, codenamed "Fly Trap", which led to the arrest of 17 individuals as part of a criminal organisation specialising in the possession, dissemination, and trade of large quantities of child pornography.
The criminal organisation allegedly operated on Telegram and had over 1,000 participants, with access gained through a dedicated link and membership requiring payments in cryptocurrency or the sharing of new child pornography material.
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