Explicit materials featuring high school students being illegally circulated- RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI — The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is issuing a stern warning to the public about the illegal circulation of explicit material involving minors.

Police said it was recently been alerted to a video featuring high school students that is being shared through digital platforms. The RVIPF emphasised that the possession, transmission, or distribution of such material is a serious criminal offence under the law. Using a computer to “distribute, transmit, disseminate, circulate, exhibit, deliver [or] procure” child abuse material, which includes child pornography, is a serious crime under the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2014.

Severe penalties

Chief Inspector Kenrick Davis, head of the Criminal Investigations Department, also highlights that the 2025 amendment to the Act has expanded the definition of the term “computer” to include cellular telephones, digital video recorders, and closed-circuit television systems. This means that individuals who use their mobile cellular devices to share or store child abuse material are equally liable under the law.