The 2004 Ukrainian child pornography raids occurred a few months before the First Orange Revolution See more

Operating predominantly in Kyiv with branches in cities like Kharkiv and Simferopol, the agency, named "Alex Model" (Ukrainian: Алекс-Модел), was identified as one of the major producers and distribu… See more

The first police report for the agency was received by the Crimean police in 2004 from a resident of Simferopol. Law enforcement started surveillance and collected information, and officers identified about 40 p… See more

The Crime Investigation Department of the Ministry for the Interior conducted the raids. The deputy head of the department, Vitaly Yarema, said that the bank accounts of the agency, containing hundreds of thousands of dollars, h… See more

In 2005, according to part 3 of Art. 301 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine ("import, manufacture, sale and distribution of pornographic items"), the organizer of the agency "Alex Model" faced a sentence of 3 to 7 years i… See more