A man who is serving time in penitentiary No. 18 Brănești faces three to seven years in prison for online perverse actions towards a girl aged 12 committed in 2020. The case was sent to court in March, IPN reports, quoting the General Police Inspectorate.

Despite the ban on the possession and use of electronic communication devices, the man had obscene discussions of a sexual character with the teenage girl through social networking sites. He persuaded the girl to send him intimate photos of her and sent photos and links to sexual content to the girl. He aimed to meet with her so as to abuse her sexually by physical contact.

The Cybercrime Investigation Division of the National Investigation Inspectorate warns about the danger of online sexual abuse against children and recommends parents, teachers and other persons who look after or educate children to have educative-informative discussions with them so as to prevent online abuses.