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Thursday, 11 September 2014 - 14:13
Webcam child porn producer arrested
The police have arrested a 28 year old man from Hellevoetsluis on suspicion of the possession, distribution and manufacture of child pornography. The man approached young girls using internet games.
The man was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home. He will be brought before the magistrate in Rotterdam on Friday September 12th.
In internet games the man pretended to be an underage girl. He sent pictures of a random girl that he downloaded from the internet to his victims to gain their trust. Thus his victims thought they were dealing with a peer.
Eventually the would have chat conversations with the girls and instruct them to undress in front of a webcam. The man would then save these images. As far as is currently known, he has been active since 2013.
The police became suspicious of the man after they received a report about his IP address. To this end the man's computer was seized in 2013. The police have identified twenty victims. The girls are scattered throughout the country, a few of them living in Belgium. The girls have been approached by the police.