German police have arrested four site members of the world’s biggest child abuse image child pornography network name Boystown, where some 400,000 members were registered.
The website Boystown requires a fee to subscribe, a special login, and a password as it is inaccessible to search engine users.
According to the French news agency, German police have arrested 3 people and a German citizen has been detained in Paraguay.
A Hong Kong Journalist Jerome Taylor shared the successful German police operation on Twitter.
Breaking: German police smash darknet child porn network with ‘400,0000 members’ — @AFP
— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) May 3, 2021
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The news agency quoted that the network is believed to be the world’s largest child pornography network that started the business in 2019 by sharing videos and photos of child sexual abuse with millions of registered users.
Moreover, law enforcement agencies from several countries have launched a joint operation against Boystown.
A statement from Germany’s federal investigative police force said, “The platform provided a space for users to share recordings of abuse of minors including “of the most serious sexual abuse of young children”.
After the news went viral, police from the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the United States, and Canada have joined hands in the global operation, led by German police.
European police had reviewed the information obtained from the operation and hinted that a thorough investigation would be conducted in this regard.
Although, police have not released the names of the culprits but have mentioned their ages and the areas from where they were arrested.
The list of four members includes a 40-year-old man arrested who belongs from Paderborn city, a 49-year-old man is from Munich.
Moreover, a 58-year-old suspect is from North Germany and lastly, the fourth person aged 16, is said to be the most active member of the network.
Europol police mentioned that a 16-year-old member had posted 3,500 videos and photos of children on the website.