Overview
- The Fiscalía presented its 2025 Memoria on Thursday, September 10, 2026, reporting that cyber-enabled judicial procedures rose about 24.7% and now make up roughly 19.85% of recorded crime in Spain.
- Procedures for child sexual abuse material climbed 26% in 2025 versus 2024 to 865 cases, and the office flagged more than a 33% rise in sexual offences against minors committed online.
- In 2025 minors were the accused in 20.6% of cases for sexual offences (4,459 of 21,659), and investigations involving children under 14 jumped 74.21%, a figure the Fiscalía cautions must be read with care because of regional registry problems.
- Despite the rise in sexual-exploitation cases, about 85.5% of cybercrime procedures remain telematic fraud, while reports of cyberharassment and online grooming have also increased and show growing overlap with child exploitation files.
- The Fiscalía linked trends to early exposure to pornographic content, influencer culture and substance use, and urged specialized prosecutors, prevention programs, stronger interinstitutional and cross-border cooperation, and updated investigative tools that respect fundamental rights.