British cops investigating import and sale of vile sex robots designed to look like children
The National Crime Agency said 24 arrests have been made relating to sex dolls that can move and are modelled on children
THE National Crime Agency is investigating the sale of disgusting sex robots designed to look like children, The Sun Online can reveal.
Almost two dozen people have now been arrested on suspicion of owning the "obscene" dolls, with one man under investigation for allegedly importing the sick robots on a "commercial" basis.
An NCA spokesperson told The Sun: "It is an issue the NCA, Border Force and partners are aware of and are actively looking at.
"Under customs regulations it is an offence to import ‘indecent or obscene articles’
"As such, if Border Force officers deem an item obscene (ie. clearly childlike) they have the power to seize it.
"Many such seizures have been made by Border Force, particularly in postal or fast parcel traffic."
The NCA has arrested a Brit suspected of "importing commercial quantities of such dolls" and investigations are continuing and he has not been charged.
A further 23 customers have also been arrested since April last year, the spokesperson said.
The sex robots are also being sold on the dark web, where websites are claiming to offer dolls modelled on "real human children" aged as young as five.
One page said its silicon dolls were as "soft as a human body" and based on a real child.
Another dark website charges up to 1.9 bitcoin per doll, which works out at around £1,300.
It even has its own warranty page to help out customers if something goes wrong with their robot.
Dark web experts said some of the websites were likely to be genuine, although many sites on this hidden internet are fakes designed to trick people into handing over cash.
Several drugs, guns and even hitman websites have been uncovered as a ruse to steal people's money or were exposed as the work of government agencies trying to catch crooks.
Customers are too embarrassed or afraid of the legal repercussions to complain.
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A darknet investigator, who did not wish to be named, told The Sun Online that some websites appeared legitimate, whilst others are likely to be designed to rip off perverts.
He said: "An obscure Japanese child sex doll business has been used by multiple independent scammers to defraud potential customers.
"The scammers know legal action against them is unlikely and the the social stigma of the product would prevent consumer complaints.
"With such a range of criminal and ethically questionable services available on the dark web, the market for scams remains lucrative."
We have contacted the operators of the dark net websites, but they have not responded.
There has been much debate over the growing sex robot craze.
Dolls modelled on people's favourite celebrities are believed to hit the market soon.
Human and robot marriages have been slated for 2030 when, one expert claims, the law will be altered to allow humans to tie the knot with androids.
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