Image of the arrests made. Civil Guard
The originals contained photos with adults that the detainees edited to incorporate women between the ages of 5 and 9 They requested for between 500 and a pair of,000 euros for not publishing the manipulated photos The dismantled group was based mostly in Madrid, the place its base of operations was positioned
The Civil Guard has arrested 4 individuals in Almería devoted to extorting their victims with sexual photos through which they appeared minors.
The detainees demanded funds of between 500 and a pair of,000 euros in alternate for not posting movies of a sexual nature manipulated to make it seem that the victims had been with bare 5- and 9-year-old women.
The investigation started in June after complaints from a number of residents of Gádor and El Ejido, within the province of Almería.
The researchers verified that the intercourse movies used, which confirmed participation in sexual video chats with minors, had been edited. The originals corresponded to on-line sexual contacts with adults. The group manipulated the photographs, substituting older individuals for women.
The detainees are accused of the crimes of corruption of minors, extortion and belonging to a prison group.
Base in Madrid
While some members of the group had been devoted to choosing the victims, others carried out video enhancing duties. A final step obtained the cash to ship it to the top of the prison group.
The dismantled group was based mostly in Madrid, the place its base of operations was positioned, and operated all through the Spanish geography. Those arrested extorted individuals from completely different provinces equivalent to Huesca, Madrid or Almería.
Members of the Civil Guard of Almería with the assist of citizen safety models from Madrid carried out the entry and search of a house within the Usera district of the Spanish capital. Among the objects seized are the cell gadgets with which they carried out the extortion, laptops, quite a few phone playing cards, 2,500 euros in money, dozens of receipts for sending cash to the Dominican Republic and 400 grams of cannabis with a precision scale able to be its distribution and sale.
The Operation referred to as ‘DOMIA’, is supervised by the Investigating Court No. 5 of Almería.