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Vast Pedophile Network Shut Down In Europol's Largest CSAM Operation
mercredi 2 avril 2025, 23:41 , par Slashdot
![]() Europol seized the servers and found a total of 91,000 unique videos depicting child abuse, 'many of which were previously unknown to law enforcement,' the agency said in a press release. KidFlix going dark was the result of the biggest child sexual exploitation operation in Europol's history, the agency said. Operation Stream, as it was dubbed, was supported by law enforcement in more than 35 countries, including the United States. Nearly 1,400 suspected consumers of CSAM have been identified among 1.8 million global KidFlix users, and 79 have been arrested so far. According to Europol, 39 child victims were protected as a result of the sting, and more than 3,000 devices were seized. Police identified suspects through payment data after seizing the server. Despite cryptocurrencies offering a veneer of anonymity, cops were apparently able to use sophisticated methods to trace transactions to bank details. And in some cases cops defeated user attempts to hide their identities -- such as a man who made payments using his mother's name in Spain, a local news outlet, Todo Alicante, reported. It likely helped that most suspects were already known offenders, Europol noted. Arrests spanned the globe, including 16 in Spain, where one computer scientist was found with an 'abundant' amount of CSAM and payment receipts, Todo Alicante reported. Police also arrested a 'serial' child abuser in the US, CBS News reported. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/02/2140214/vast-pedophile-network-shut-down-in-europols-largest...
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