Action Genesis

The Genesis campaign was an action carried out by the police and judiciary of the Canton of Zurich and other cantons of Switzerland between September 2002 and May 2004 against the possession of illegal pornography in the form of image files that were dated on the basis of Interpol information about the use of credit cards Federal Office of Police was triggered.

Over 1300 suspicious people from all walks of life were checked in several cantons as part of this 2002 campaign. The number of house searches was 36. There were a total of 320 criminal charges, but 191 proceedings were discontinued. 124 people were sentenced in the canton of Zurich, almost all of them to a fine, only ten or less in addition to a conditional imprisonment of a maximum of three weeks. With one exception, it was only possible to prove that the convicts possessed, but not forwarded, the illegal image files. In addition to child pornography , the illegal image files consisted to a considerable extent of animal and violent pornography .

In the future, there will be a de facto professional ban for the pedagogically active among the convicted ( teachers , educators , etc.): their certificate of competence will be withdrawn and the educational departments of the other cantons will be informed, so that the convicted will not be employed in other cantons can find more in this area.

Consumer advocates expressed concern about the evaluation of credit card data by the federal authorities , as they had concerns about data protection .

See also : censorship , anonymity on the Internet