Kubanjiwe abantu abangama-33 ngokunxulumene neqela le-WhatsApp

Amapolisa aseSpain athi abantu abangama-33 babanjiwe kwihlabathi liphela malunga neqela le-WhatsApp malunga nemifanekiso yokuxhatshazwa kwabantwana ngokwesondo kunye neminye imixholo enobundlobongela.

Imifanekiso emininzi "egqithisileyo" ekwabelwana ngayo kwiqela "yayiqhelekile ngamalungu alo", utshilo umkhosi.

Ukubanjwa kwenziwa kumazwe ali-11 ahlukeneyo kumazwekazi amathathu, kodwa uninzi - i-17 - yayiseSpain.

Uninzi lwabo babanjiweyo okanye baphandwa eSpeyin bangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-18, kuquka nenkwenkwe eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala.

E-Uruguay, amapolisa abamba abantu ababini, omnye wabo engumama owaxhaphaza intombi yakhe waza wathumela imifanekiso yoku kwiqela.

Kwelinye icala, indoda eneminyaka engama-29 ubudala yabanjwa kungekuphela nje ukukhuphela imifanekiso, kodwa nokukhuthaza amanye amalungu eqela ukuba aqhagamshelane namantombazana, ngakumbi abafuduki ababengenakukwazi ukuya emapoliseni.

Bakhangelwa njani?
Amapolisa elizwe laseSpain aqala ukuphanda eli qela ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini eyadlulayo emva kokufumana i-imeyile enengcebiso.

Bandula ke bacela uncedo kwi-Europol, i-Interpol namapolisa ase-Ecuador naseCosta Rica.

Ukongeza kwiSpeyin ne-Uruguay, kubanjwe e-United Kingdom, e-Ecuador, eCosta Rica, ePeru, eIndiya, eItali, eFransi, ePakistan naseSiriya.

Iqela labelane ngantoni?
Kwisiteyitimenti, amapolisa athi iqela labelane "ngomxholo we-paedophilic, ngamanye amaxesha ubungqongqo obugqithisileyo, kunye neminye imixholo esemthethweni kodwa engafanelekanga kubantwana ngenxa yobume bayo obugqithisileyo."

Amanye amalungu eqela ade enze "izitikha" - ezincinci, imifanekiso yedijithali ekwabelwana ngokulula, efana ne-emojis - yabantwana abaxhatshazwayo.

Kwakhona amapolisa athi bonke abo babanjiweyo eSpeyin ngamadoda okanye amakhwenkwe yaye baphuma kwimvelaphi exubeneyo yentlalo nenkcubeko.

Enye yala madoda yayibaleke kwikhaya layo eliseItali xa yayigqogqwa. Waya kwindlu yesalamane sakhe eSalamanca, engazi ukuba yayingamapolisa esizwe saseSpeyin awayeyalele ukuba abanjwe.

Utyando ngoku luza kugxila ekuchongeni abantwana abaxhatshaziweyo kwimifanekiso.