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Russian Man Sentenced in 'Child Pornography Anime' Case

posted on by Karen Ressler
Russia's 1st jail sentence of its kind

Russia's Safe Internet League announced in a press conference on Monday that a defendant in Volgograd has received a sentence of three years of jail time for the dissemination of Japanese animated child pornography. The sentence marks the first time a defendant in Russia has received jail for the crime.

The defendant, a male Volgograd resident, was accused of uploading six volumes of anime onto a social networking site and making them available for download from December 5, 2010 to July 22, 2013. The anime in question included minors ages 14 through 18 in sexual situations.

Source: The Voice of Russia via Yaraon!


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