The Prosecutor General’s office warned of criminal liability for a new form of revenge of teenagers to their enemies

For 9 months of this year, in comparison with the same period of 2025, juvenile crime decreased. Both the number of crimes committed and the number of teenagers who took part in them decreased. Such data was announced today, November 10, at a press conference in the press center of the House of Press, senior prosecutor on special assignments of the Office of the Prosecutor General Roman Sidorenko, writes sb.by.

Of particular concern to law enforcement agencies is the commission of grave and especially grave crimes by minors. At the same time, the intern is often used for these purposes, Roman Sidorenko noted the trend:

- Cases of the production and distribution of pornographic materials by minors directly with their image and the transfer of these photos and videos to third parties have increased. They can be real friends and strangers from the Internet. In the future, such materials can be used to extort and blackmail teenagers, involving them in the commission of serious crimes. Often children do not realize that the distribution of such materials threatens them with criminal liability. Against this background, issues of sexual and moral education come to the fore.

If we talk about crimes that are associated with knowingly false reports of danger, then in most cases the motive for such crimes is revenge by teenagers on their friends or acquaintances. How does it work? A teenager joins a chat, whose participants are abroad, and asks virtual “friends” to report mining of socially significant objects in Belarus on behalf of his enemy. Roman Sidorenko commented on the situation:

- Often, children naively believe that since they themselves do not report knowingly false information about mining, they do not commit any crime. That's not true. Such acts constitute incitement to commit a crime, and the perpetrator is criminally liable along with the perpetrators.

The above situations show that it is extremely important for parents to know the circle of not only real, but also virtual communication of children. It is important that this interest does not turn into total control and does not lead to the loss of a trusting relationship with the child. In Belarus for 10 months the number of crimes committed by teenagers decreased by 14 percent — MIA gorbatenko@sb.by