Biggest child porn platform shut down
BERLIN: German police said yesterday that 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 and counted over 400 000 members.
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.
Investigators said the monthslong, German-instigated operation had been co-ordinated by Europol and supported by law enforcement in the Netherlands, Sweden, the US and Canada. Darknet sites are invisible to most internet users and can only be accessed by using encryption technology.