Published Monday, May 3, 2021 7:40AM EDT BERLIN German prosecutors announced Monday 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. Pedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world.
2021-05-03 19:05:55 GMT2021-05-04 03:05:55(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BERLIN, May 3 (Xinhua) German police shut down the international child pornography platform Boystown after three alleged administrators and another suspect, all German citizens, were arrested in mid-April, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced on Monday.
The darknet platform had been operational since at least June 2019 and was globally used by more than 400,000 members for exchanging child pornography, the BKA said in a statement.
After several months of global investigations in cooperation with Interpol and national law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the United States and Canada, German police arrested a 40-year-old man from Paderborn and a 49-year-old man from Munich, the statement said.
TORONTO German authorities say they have busted one of the world’s largest international platforms for child pornography via a complex investigation that took them to the darknet and was aided by Canada’s RCMP. Frankfurt prosecutors and the Federal Criminal Police Office released a statement saying that three suspects believed to be administrators of the “Boystown” platform had been arrested in mid-April, one of them in Paraguay. A German user was also arrested. The RCMP said that no Canadians have been arrested during the investigation. “The [National Child Exploitation Crime Centre] collaborated with German authorities during their investigation. To date, there have been no Canadian arrests associated with this operation. As the investigation is ongoing, the RCMP is not able to comment further,” an RCMP spokesperson told CTVNews.ca.
Police Bust Dark Web Child Porn Site Used By More Than 400,000 Members
German prosecutors announced Monday 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. Pedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world.
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