The authors of the images in which twenty girls from Almendralejo (Badajoz) appear undressed using Artificial Intelligence are between 12 and 14 years old, although some of them are already 14 years old, so they are imputable according to the Juvenile Criminal Lawas confirmed by the National Police inspector Javier Izquierdohead of the First Group for the Protection of Minors of the Central Cybercrime Unit.
The identity of those involved has not been revealed or whether they reside in Almendralejo, but everything indicates that they would be young people who were in the environment of the victims, also all aged between 12 and 14 years, the inspector specified. who is attending a meeting organized by the National Police against fraud these days in Malaga online and child exploitation through new technologies.
As for the criminal consequences, young people who are already 14 years old will be subject to the penalty established by the current Juvenile Criminal Law, explained Inspector Izquierdo, who pointed out that this is an open investigation that will soon be published. will realize at Badajoz Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office. It will be this, precisely, that will have to decide the penalties requested for those minors who are not attributable – age less than 14 years -, he has reiterated. In this sense, he recalled that if they were over 18 years of age, the penalties for producing child pornography range from 2 to 5 years and if they are under 16 years of age, the penalty would be aggravated from 5 to 9 years.
The issue at this point is that, regardless of whether the images are fictitious, the Penal Code It considers child pornography to be manipulated images of minors with high sexual content if they are realistic and their authors are producers of this type of pornography.
The complaints collected amount to a total of 22 and no new victims are expected to appear, said the inspector who has confirmed that so far no statements have been taken from any of the minors.