A case for…: Child pornography investigators: "Pedophiles want pictures of smiling children who look like they are having fun"

Note: This text describes the investigator’s work in detail – and therefore also contains disturbing information, for example from child pornographic websites.

A girl who has just hit puberty stands shirtless by the water. In the hand a rubber animal. She smiles. She stretches her childlike breasts into the camera. Oliver Brockmann looks at the image on the monitor and presses the 1 key on the keyboard. Child pornography. The edge turns red. next picture.

A little girl. It’s on the bed. Legs bent, buttocks leaning to one side. She wears nothing but fishnet tights. Button 1. Next picture.

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