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Police in Almendralejo, Spain, investigate AI-made nude images of schoolgirls

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By 20 September 2023 police in Almendralejo, Extremadura, had received at least 22 complaints about fake nude images of underage girls made with AI. The suspects were boys aged 12 to 14; those aged 14 can be prosecuted under Spain’s juvenile criminal law. The Almendralejo judicial police brigade is investigating and will report to prosecutors.

Why it matters

Spanish families and schools found that children could make sexual images of classmates with AI tools.

When
20 Sep 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0095
Where
Spain
Who
Policía Nacional; Miriam Al Adib
System
AI image generation
Operator
Minors aged 12 to 14
Type
non-consensual images of minors
Status
under investigation; disclosed by Policía Nacional · Incident ledger

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from elDiario.es and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2023-0095: “Police in Almendralejo, Spain, investigate AI-made nude images of schoolgirls.” wheresthe.ai, 20 Sep 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/es-almendralejo-ai-nude-images-minors-2023-09/ (source: elDiario.es).

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