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The financial police of the provincial command of Barletta have reported to the judicial authorities a 30-year-old young man from Trinitapoli (Bat), with no criminal record, for the possession of numerous videos and images of child pornography depicting minors in sexually explicit behavior.

The Guardia di Finanza of Margherita di Savoia, during investigations aimed at preventing the use of the financial system for money laundering purposes, using the powers of the Foreign Exchange Police delegated by the Special Foreign Exchange Police Unit based in Rome, have found numerous anomalous financial transactions carried out using credit cards, so-called revolving, or prepaid, and, in some cases, the use of bitcoins, all attributable to online purchases from foreign sites.

Child pornography alert

The financial police then carried out a targeted house search - delegated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bari - together with specialized personnel from the Operational Section for Cyber ​​Security - Postal Police of Foggia, at a home in Trinitapoli owned by the 30-year-old, finding a smartphone cell phone, whose forensic analysis allowed the discovery of hundreds of videos and images containing child pornography, the subject of computer transactions carried out on some US sites; specifically, using particular search engines capable of anonymously browsing the darkweb and deepweb, the subject made several purchases of cryptocurrencies that he subsequently used to purchase child pornography material, for the value of several hundred euros.

At the end of the investigations, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bari submitted to the Judge for the preliminary hearing a request for referral to trial; in this regard. The economic control of the territory carried out by the Guardia di Finanza, also through the in-depth analysis of reports of suspicious transactions from the Financial Information Unit of the Bank of Italy, is once again revealed as a bulwark against not only financial and tax crimes, such as tools for illegal enrichment, but also as a tool for combating other types of crimes, thus ensuring the general safety of citizens.