BERLIN (AP) – German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet market<\/a> platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members.<\/p>\n

Frankfurt prosecutors said in a statement together with the Federal Criminal Police Office that in mid-April three German suspects, said to be the administrators of the “Boystown” platform, were arrested along with a German user.One of the three main suspects was arrested in Paraguay.<\/p>\n

They also searched seven buildings in connection with the porn ring in mid-April in Germany.<\/p>\n

The authorities said the platform was “one of the world’s biggest child pornography darknet market<\/a> platforms” and had been active at least since 2019.Pedophiles used it to exchange and watch pornography of children and toddlers, most of them boys, from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors wrote that they found “images of most severe sexual abuse of toddlers” among the photos and video material.<\/p>\n

“The platform had several forums and chats – the illegal pictures and videos were kept in the forums; in the chats, the members could communicate,” prosecutor Julia Bussweiler said.”There were several language channels to facilitate the communication.”<\/p>\n

A German police task force investigated the platform, dark darknet markets url<\/a> 2024 its administrators and users for months in cooperation with Europol and law enforcement authorities from the Netherlands, Sweden, darkmarket url<\/a> Australia, the United States and Canada, dark markets 2024<\/a> the statement said.<\/p>\n

The three main suspects were a 40-year-old man from Paderborn, a 49-year-old man from Munich and dark web darknet market<\/a> list a 58-year-old man from northern Germany who had been living in Paraguay for many years, the prosecutors’ statement said.They worked as administrators of the site and dark websites<\/a> gave advice to members on how to evade law enforcement when using the platform for illegal child pornography.<\/p>\n

A fourth suspect, a 64-year-old man from Hamburg, is accused of being one of the most active users of the platform having allegedly uploaded more than 3,500 posts.<\/p>\n

Germany has requested the extradition of the suspect who was arrested in Paraguay.<\/p>\n

No names were given in line with Germany privacy regulations.<\/p>\n

After the raids in mid-April, the online platform was shut down.<\/p>\n

Germany’s top security official thanked the authorities for their success.<\/p>\n

“This investigative success has a clear message: Those who assault the weakest aren’t safe anywhere,” German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.”That’s what investigators work for day and night, online and offline, globally.”<\/p>\n

“We’ll do everything within our power to protect the kids from these disgusting crimes,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Christoph Noelting in Frankfurt, Germany, contributed to this story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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