In a coordinated operation by Cyber Crime, Crime Branch and both the district police, five persons have been arrested from different locations across Goa for storing and viewing Child Sex Abuse Material.
Based on proactive monitoring of CyberSpace, several instances of transmission, storage and viewing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) was detected. Accordingly, the joint teams from aforementioned units conducted raids and apprehended the five persons for violating the law related to CSAM. They have been booked under 67-B of IT Act.
A team of Cyber Crime, Crime Branch, North Goa District, South Goa District lead by respective Superintendents of Police were involved in the operation “Suraksha”.
It is worth mentioning that CSAM is a heinous form of content that involves the exploitation and sexual abuse of children. It is illegal, morally reprehensible, and causes immense harm to the victims involved. The distribution, possession, or creation of CSAM is a serious criminal offence with severe legal consequences, and its existence perpetuates the exploitation and trauma suffered by innocent children. All citizens are urged to avoid all kinds of transmission, viewership, and storage of such CSAM content to ensure zero exploitation of children. The parents, the employers, teaching community and the faith leaders are urged to help prevent creating, transmitting and dissemination of CSAM material as it leads to moral depravity and quite often leads to sexual abuse as well.
