Análise sobre a aplicabilidade da infiltração policial virtual nos crimes contra a dignidade sexual de crianças e adolescentes

Abstract

Given the increasingly precocious insertion of children and adolescents into the world of the internet without due supervision and guidance from their guardians, and the use of this by criminals as a facilitating and conducive environment for committing crimes, such as the dissemination of child pornography and virtual rape. The purpose of this work was to examine the applicability of virtual police infiltration in crimes against the sexual dignity of children and adolescents as a means of obtaining evidence for criminal prosecution. To this end, the issue of the vulnerability of children and adolescents associated with sexual violence practiced in the virtual environment was addressed, a study was also carried out on virtual police infiltration in Brazil, and finally, practical cases of the use of virtual infiltration of agents were presented as a means of obtaining evidence in police operations and analyzed a judicial decision regarding the possibility of a prepared act with an emphasis on the limit to the undercover agent's actions. In relation to the methodological procedures adopted in this work, there is bibliographic and documentary research. Based on these references, it was possible to conclude that the use of virtual police infiltration in crimes against the sexual dignity of children and adolescents, with normative support in Laws 12.850/2013 and 13.441/2017, proves to be a relevant tool when combating repressive and prevents crimes that attack the legal sexual dignity of children and adolescents, seeking to protect them from abuse and violence and guarantee their healthy development.