UAE WARNS OF SIX-MONTH JAIL, ONE MLN DIRHAM FINE FOR ACQUIRING CHILD PORN

Tue 03 August 2021:

According to a statement released by the country’s Public Prosecution, collecting pornographic materials involving juveniles can result in jail time and a fine of up to one million dirhams.

The country’s Public Prosecution explained that, under Article 18 of Federal-Decree Law 5 of 2012 on Combatting Cybercrimes, whoever has deliberately acquired pornographic materials involving juveniles by using an electronic information system or computer network or electronic website or any information technology means shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of at least six months and a fine not less than AED 150,000 and not more than AED 1 million.

On its social media channels, the UAE Public Prosecution detailed the penalties for the crime of acquiring child pornography through a website, computer network or any other Information Technology means:

-A minimum [jail] term of six months

-A fine not less than Dh150,000 and not more than Dh1 million

The penalties are outlined in Article 18, Federal Law No 5 of 2012 on Combating Cybercrime.

Young victims, severe abuse

According to INTERPOL, most people don’t realize that when we talk about child sexual abuse, this includes the abuse of very young children, and even babies.

Following the examination of random selection of videos and images in the ICSE database, INTERPOL and ECPAT International published a joint report in February 2018 entitled Towards a Global Indicator on Unidentified Victims in Child Sexual Exploitation Material.

The study identified a number of alarming trends:

The younger the victim, the more severe the abuse.
84% of images contained explicit sexual activity.
More than 60% of unidentified victims were prepubescent, including infants and toddlers.
65% of unidentified victims were girls.
Severe abuse images were likely to feature boys.
92% of visible offenders were male.

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