Politicians, lawyer and kindergarten teacher among those charged in one of norways … – Aftenposten

Sunday afternoon called bergenspolitiet into a press conference about a larger investigation of child abuse.

the Case has its origins in an investigation internally in the West police district has been given the codename “Dark Room”, based on a larger FBI action against the site Playpen (English for a playpen). Those involved have used the so-called dark web to communicate and share overgrepsmateriale.

To have planned assaults on unborn children

In relation to this matter was among other two bergensmenn in the 30 years arrested in Bergen in December, charged with having taken part active in the Playpen, type BT.

One of the two was expecting a baby with his girlfriend when he was taken. Police said at Sunday’s press conference that they believe to have revealed that the network planned violence against a child who was not yet born.

Until now, it has among other things come out that at least 51 persons shall be indicted or under suspicion in connection with the opprullingen of the “Dark Room”-the case, and that it is, among other things, whether the download and dissemination of images containing child abuse.

After what BT’s experience, some of those charged in the large overgrepskomplekset be suspected in relation to the so-called live streaming of child abuse.

• the Police has, since september 2015, working with a larger proceedings, which eventually got the name “” Dark Room’. Since January has 25 people working on the case.
• a total of 51 people in the Uk identified as a result of the investigation. that includes the sexual abuse where the contact happens on the so-called dark web. 20 persons are arrested in the West standings. Of them are the two already sentenced, while a case is waiting for judgment. Two cases are dismissed, while the remaining 15 are still under investigation.
• 31 names are forwarded to other police districts. In at least one of these cases, a perpetrator admitted to having committed sexual ovegrep against its own children.
• Police have identified 20 offended – that victims of sexual abuse – only in the West standings. Only one of the cases is about the abuses committed abroad, the other is from Norway.
• Police did Friday an important arrest in the case, and can therefore go out with more information now.

NRK: – Two politicians mixed in

Major resources are spent on the case, among other things, get BT stated that there has been extensive detection with police officers from the etterretningsavsnittet.

Past it has come forth how the police failed to investigate the gross offences of narcotics for several years in Bergen, which has been explained with the need to give priority to other matters.

The involved listener in a variety of different occupational groups. Among other things, there is talk about a lawyer, a kindergarten teacher, engineers and students. According to NRK are also two politicians mixed into the case.

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Of habilitetshensyn is the Southwest police district are investigating the case against the charged officer in the West standings. Bergensadvokat Erik Mjell has been asked to assist the officer.

Charges against the officer shall be of limited scope compared with the seriousness of several of the other cases, BT illuminated. It should currently not be suspected that the officer shared the photos with others.

Not all things reviewed

It has been ransacked at the policeman, but all the fitting should not be done reviewed. After what BT understands to be the policeman in the near future to explain themselves in the questioning.

That he has not been imprisoned, should hang together with the fact that the fittings are secure and that the contents of the seizure has not provided a basis to varetektsfengsle.

Politiadvokat Stian Eskeland, påtaleansvarlig for Southwest politidistrikts investigation by the police, says this.

I can’t comment on the case as much now, except to confirm that a police officer in the West police district has been charged with in connection with the overgrepsetterforskningen in the West police district, says Eskeland.