Summary:
The title of the thesis submitted by the author prior to the amendment of the Criminal Code with Law 4619/2019 was set out as follows: "The criminal protection of minors from online abuse of their personality". However, with the amendment of the Criminal Code to the new Law 4619/2019, significant changes were made to many of the provisions of the Criminal Code, including those aimed at the protection of minors. On this basis, the author's scope of research would extend beyond the limits required for a dissertation and, as a result, after consulting with the supervising professor, the subject of diplomatic work in protecting minors from online child pornography is legitimately circulated. After all, the crime of online child pornography, as formulated in Article 348A par.2 , raises concerns that deserve comment.
It is an undisputed fact that the phenomenon of child pornography has taken on a large scale and is exacerbating at an uncontrollable rate, with the unfortunate effect of disturbing children's mental balance. Responsible, of course, is not the Internet to spread this morbid phenomenon, but on the contrary, the dizzying development and dissemination of the internet facilitates the promotion of child pornography by producers and traffickers. It is important to point out that the internet has helped to generate huge sums of money from the management of child pornography. This unfavorable development is due to the spread of such an illegal product and the establishment of regulated circuits operating worldwide, affecting the legal assets of minors, which are targeted because of their vulnerability. The present thesis is therefore aimed at examining and analyzing, as far as possible, the phenomenon of child pornography, which is done online, which is inflating this phenomenon.
In the first part of this project, an attempt is made to analyze the phenomenon of online child pornography. The second part offers the most important international and European legislative instruments for the protection of the minor against the scourge of the phenomenon. The third part of the paper is devoted to presenting and commenting on the Greek legislative initiative to address this morbid phenomenon by focusing on the interpretation and application of Article 348A , following legislative changes. Finally, the conclusions and observations on the legal protection of minors from the emergence of online child pornography are listed.
Keywords:
child pornography material, internet, ways of commiting a crime, legal property, online possession
