Police Take Down Massive Pedo Ring Website “Boystown” With Over 400,000 Members Worldwide
April 20, 20220
According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), a darknet onion website known as the “Boystown” portal, which had more than 400,000 members, has been shut down. The main suspects in the forum are three German men, EuroPol reported
The German Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt) set up the international task force, which included Europol and law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, Canada, and the United States.
As per authorities, they are a 40-year-old from the Paderborn district, a 49-year-old from the Mühldorf am Inn district and a 58-year-old man from Northern Germany who previously lived in South America for several years. The forum is being accused of gang-like distribution of child pornography. They are also accused of operating the platform as administrators.
investigators further arrested another suspected gang member in the Concepción region (Paraguay.) But have not yet named the man.
The accusation: gang-like distribution of child pornographic content. The child porn platform is now completely raided; its servers have been seized and turned off.
One additional suspect (64) from Hamburg is said to have been one of the platform’s most active users, and police say he posted more than 3500 posts on the forum.
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