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Four arrests in child internet pornography case
By h.b. - Dec 19, 2006 - 2:57 PM
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Four men, aged 26 to 40, have been arrested for the alleged distribution of child pornography on the Internet in Spain.
The arrests took place in Castellón, Valencia, Málaga and Palma de Mallorca. News of the arrests was given by the head of the Police and Civil Guard who said all four are linked to a video of an adult having sex with a minor.
The case comes as the result of a denuncia which was initially presented by an individual in the Latina area of Madrid. The porn video had been placed online in a file sharing program with the name of an episode of a children’s cartoon series.
Meanwhile new regulations being drawn up in Spain will mean that regional administrations will be able to close down any webpage with content considered to be fraudulent.
It’s one of the measures in the new Ley de Impulso de la Sociedad de la Información, which also obliges all public services, such a phone, power, gas and water companies, together with banks, to allow payment online.