Pornographic products, mainly magazines and DVDs, are typically imported into the country from France, Germany, the Netherlands, or from North America.
[citation needed] Possession, production and distribution of child pornography is illegal in and is enforced by authorities.
[1] In April 2020, four men were sentenced to prison – ranging between 5 and 16 years – for major child pornography cases.
The investigation began about 5 years prior, when a Belgian man was taking pictures of children in bathing suits on a beach in Blankenberge, West Flanders which caught the attention of a Belgian police officer.
According to federal police, this was "one of the biggest cases of sexual abuse of minors ever known" in Belgium.