Germany smashes online child porn network
World
May 4, 2021
BERLIN: German police said on Monday they had shut down one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world and arrested four of its members in a series of raids in mid-April.
The platform, named as Boystown , had existed since 2019, counted over 400,000 members and was set up for the worldwide exchange of child pornography, in particular images of the abuse of boys , federal police said in a statement.
The darknet forum allowed users to communicate with others and share graphic image and video content which included serious sexual abuse of toddlers , the statement said. Three men between the ages of 40 and 64 were arrested in seven raids in Germany, while a further suspect was detained in Paraguay on the request of German authorities. ....