Man linked network of child sexual exploitation arrested

The National Police reported  the arrest on Tuesday, August 29,  in  San Miguelito, of a man suspected of links  to an international network of child sexual exploitation

Technological equipment such as computers, hard drives, and cell phones were confiscated with suspected child abuse material.

The teams seized more than 1,000 images and videos of child abuse.

With the international operation Aliados por la infancia, where Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the United States, Panama, and Paraguay participated the Police sought to dismantle a network dedicated to the transmission and production of sexual abuse material against children and teenagers.

 Between 2019 and 2022, Panama in the “Luz de infancia” operation some 40 people were investigated and 17 of them were convicted.