4 arrested in takedown of dark web child abuse platform with some half a million users
Four have been arrested in a multi-agency operation sparked by a German investigation into one of Europes most prolific child sexual abuse platforms on the dark web.
- Four have been arrested in a multi-agency operation sparked by a German investigation into one of Europes most prolific child sexual abuse platforms on the dark web.
- This site focused on the sexual abuse of children and had 400 000 registered users when it was taken down.
- Several other chat sites on the dark web used by child sexual offenders were also seized on the same occasion.
- The case illustrates what Europol is seeing in child sexual abuse offending: online child offender communities on the dark web exhibit considerable resilience in response to law enforcement actions targeting them.