Preliminary Investigation of Criminal Proceeding on Violent Sexual Acts Committed against Minors by Group Completed
In the course of preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding investigated in the Department for Investigation of Crimes against Humanity of General Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee factual data were obtained on the allegation that the convict in the penitentiary, taking advantage of the circumstance that the minor child’s parent was in a hard financial state, had offered the latter to perform sexual violence against children, subject them to prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, and to videotape the process of causing them severe physical pain and severe mental suffering and send it to him in exchange for material services, to which the parent essentially gave his consent.
Then the convict established contact with the parent of minor children through the social network page of a fake user, requiring committing sexual violence against the children, and subjecting them to sexual exploitation, to which the latter agreed on the condition of receiving material benefit.
Besides, the convict subjected another minor to sexual exploitation in the same way and saved the video recordings on his mobile phone.
Public criminal prosecution was initiated against one person according to the Point 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 189, the Part 4 of the Article 46-198 (3 counts), the Points 1, 2 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 46-198 (3 counts), and the Part 2 of the Article 300 of RA Criminal Code. Public criminal prosecution was initiated against another person according to Part 4 of the Article 198, the Point 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 189, and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 300 of RA Criminal Code, against another person according to the Point 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 189, the Part 4 of the Article 198, the Points 1, 2 and 3 of the Part 3 of the Article 198 and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 300 of RA Criminal Code, and against one person according to the Part 1 and the Point 1 of the Part 3 of the Article 402 and the Point 6 of the Part 2 of the Article 171 of RA Criminal Code. Detention was imposed as a pretrial measure to two persons.
The criminal proceeding with the bill of indictment was sent to the prosecutor for approval and referral to court.
