In Germany, a child pornography platform with 1.8 million users has been eliminated

< IMG SRC = "/Uploads/Blogs/A4/2D/IB-FRFUCSBRS_CB1C7BC3.jpg" Alt = "In Germany, a child pornography platform is liquidated with 1.8 million users"/> < p > after a three -year investigation by Germany, eliminated one of the largest platforms in Darknet, which numbered about 91,000 videos with sexual abuse over children and 1.8 million users around the world.

< p >This is the greatest operation against this type of cybercrime in the history of Europol, said the European Agency for Coordination of Police on Wednesday, supporting German power in the elimination of Kidflix. < P > Created 2021 by a cybercrime that received a lot of profit, Kidflix was & laquo; one of the most popular video platforms for pedophiles & raquo; < h2 > 39 children are taken under protection

< P > As a result of searches conducted in 31 countries from 10 to March 23, 79 people were arrested, including Germans and Britons, withdrawn more < p >& laquo; some of the suspects arrested for the exchange and distribution of pedophilic materials, not only downloaded and watched videos, but also committed violence against children & raquo ;, & mdash; is reported in the Office.

< p > investigators & laquo; disappointed & raquo; The fact that the & laquo; install the operator of this site & raquo;, said Thomas Goger, prosecutor from the Bamberg Prosecutor's Office. The investigation is ongoing.

< p > have already identified about 1400 suspects. It is assumed that since April 2022 1.8 million people around the world entered the Darknet site to watch the video.

< p > & laquo; these are horrific acts of sexual violence, both thoughtful and, unfortunately, unthinkable, performed over children, very young children and even babies, and are available on video with very good image & raquo; reported Guido Limmer, Deputy Director of Bavaria Criminal Police, at a press conference in Munich.

< p >The Bavarian police led the liquidation operation. It was attended by representatives of 38 countries, mostly European, as well as the USA, Canada, Columbia, Australia and New Zealand.

< H2 > Payments Identification < P > paying a cryptocurrency subscription, users received access to more than 91,000 videos with a total duration of 6 288 hours. On average, about three and a half new videos have been downloaded on the closed platform every hour. It was through the tracking of user payments that investigators were able to track videos to the suspects, Limmer said.

< p > & laquo; identification of children who have suffered violence was an important part of the work: children who have been sexually abused, sheltered in the North Rhine-Westphalia (northeast of Germany) and identified in Brandenburg & Bavaria's authorities stated.

< p > as an example cited the case of a 36-year-old man from Hemnitz, arrested in January 2024, who offered his son & laquo; for games & raquo; And looking for other children on Kidflix. His son was transferred under the protection of the burns.

< p > & laquo; age of suspects & mdash; from 20 to 40 years & raquo ;, & mdash; Prosecutor Thomas Goger reported. Middle Age & mdash; 31 years. The oldest suspect was born in 1948, the youngest & mdash; 2006. Most of the suspects & mdash; Not random criminals, but people who & laquo; for a long time are in Darknet & raquo;, says Goger.