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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-06-02Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Man charged over child porn, cybersex with minorsA 40-year-old man was led before a public prosecutor on Tuesday and charged with obscene behaviour towards minors and disseminating child pornography over the Internet. This was the second time that the specific suspect has faced child porn charges.He was tracked down and arrested on Monday by the Athens electronic crimes squad, who were investigating a complaint by the mothers of two 11-year-old girls that an unknown individual had contacted their daughters through the Internet, claiming to be a 17-year-old girl, and had then encouraged them to commit sexually explicit acts and engage in cybersex, as well as sending them lewd photographs and videos via a web-camera. Police suspect the same individual also attempted something similar with another three 11-year-old girls. The electronic crimes squad requested that U.S.-based Microsoft find the culprit's electronic trace, which was done in record time for such cases and led to his swift arrest. In a raid on his home, police also found and confiscated six hard disks, two portable external hard disks, 391 CDs, and a large quantity of child pornography that included the photographs that he had sent to the two girls. The last were appended as evidence in a suit filed against him by the girls' parents. [02] Stocks end 0.43 pct higherGreek stocks ended higher at the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday, pushing the composite index of the market 0.43 pct up to end at 2,427.45 points. Turnover was a strong 341.9 million euros, of which 8.5 million euros were block trades.Most sectors moved upwards, with the Industrial Products (5.81 pct), Raw Materials (5.40 pct) and Constructions (4.61 pct) scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Travel (4.12 pct), Media (0.79 pct) and Banks (0.68 pct) suffered losses. The FTSE 20 index fell 0.24 pct, the FTSE 40 index ended 1.54 pct up and the FTSE 80 index rose 0.40 pct. Broadly, advancers led decliners by 136 to 87 with another 49 issues unchanged. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |