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Kocc Barma investigation identifies 129,564 pornographic files

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Analysis of equipment seized in the investigation targeting El Hadji Babacar Dioum, known as “Kocc Barma”, identified 129,564 pornographic files on two websites. Exchanges and location data have also been added to the Special Cybersecurity Division’s investigation, according to the daily Libération.

The analysis of computer equipment seized in the investigation targeting El Hadji Babacar Dioum, known as “Kocc Barma”, identified 129,564 pornographic files on two websites. Investigators also recovered exchanges and location data, reports the Senegalese daily Libération.

The Special Cybersecurity Division examined a phone and a computer seized from Dioum. Analysis of a MacBook Pro reportedly revealed a copy of the national identity card of a woman described as a victim of blackmail. Technicians also reportedly found a file linked to an email from El Hadji Assane Demba, alias “Leuk Daour”, as well as videos received via WhatsApp. Libération says these items would establish a link between the two men.

Dioum and Demba have been in custody since July 2025 in a case involving, among other things, suspected criminal conspiracy, unlawful collection of data, invasion of privacy, extortion and distribution of illegal content, including content involving minors, according to the daily.

The two men were taken into custody following an investigation in Dakar, previously reported on 1 October by Six young people referred to prosecutors after an investigation in Dakar.

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