One of world's biggest sites for sharing child sex abuse images has been taken down by German investigators, it was revealed today.
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said the “Boystown” platform had more than 400,000 members on the 'darknet'. Some images and video showed the most serious sexual abuse of young children.
The inquiry involved law enforcement agencies in the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, the US and Canada. EU police agency Europol will examine intelligence from the operation, and 'more arrests and rescues are to be expected globally'.
The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines. Several related paedophile chat sites were also dismantled.
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