German Police Shut Down “Boystown” Child Sex Abuse Platform
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May 3rd 2021, 12:40 pm Darknet site had been active since June 2019 and boasted more than 400,000 members worldwide.
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Police in Germany took down a giant pedophile site dubbed “Boystown” last month following a massive multi-jurisdiction investigation that spanned months, police revealed Monday.
The “darknet” site, which had been active since June 2019 and boasted more than 400,000 members, “provided a space for users to share recordings of abuse of minors including ‘of the most serious sexual abuse of young children,’” according to
After working with Europol and investigators in the US, Netherlands, Sweden and Australia, the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany carried out a number of raids in April targeting four Germans suspected to be platform administrators, arresting at least one man in Paraguay who they also believe is an administrator and the site’s
World s biggest dark web child porn network with 400,000 members shut by German prosecutors
Prosecutors in Germany said today they have busted what is believed to be the world’s biggest international darknet platform for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members.
Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the “Boystown” platform, were arrested along with a German user. One of the three main suspects was arrested in Paraguay.
They also searched seven buildings in connection with the porn ring in mid-April in Germany.
German prosecutors announced on Monday (May 3) they have busted one of the world s biggest international
darknet platforms for
child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members.
Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the “Boystown” platform, were arrested along with a German user. One of the three main suspects was arrested in Paraguay.
They also searched seven buildings in connection with the porn ring in mid-April in Germany.
The authorities said the platform was “one of the world s biggest
child pornography
darknet platforms” and had been active at least since 2019. Paedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world.
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2. SOUNDBITE (German) Dr Markus Lammert, German Interior Ministry spokesman: This is one of the biggest investigative successes in this field of crime.
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4. SOUNDBITE (German) Dr Markus Lammert, German Interior Ministry spokesman: Federal (Interior) Minister (Horst) Seehofer made the following statement on the matter: This investigative success has a clear message: those who assault the weakest aren t safe anywhere. That s what investigators work for day and night, online and offline, globally. We hold the perpetrators accountable and we ll do everything within our power to protect the kids from these disgusting crimes.