Crime: Blow against child pornography platform: Appeal to users

Published on October 8, 2024

After the blow against a large darknet platform for child pornography, investigators are appealing to the hundreds of thousands of users to seek help. There is still a chance to "get help and show remorse," said the head of the investigation commission, Kai-Arne Gailer. "If so, then now." Some users have already been identified in the course of the investigation, and the investigations against the rest are continuing at full speed. When the police are at the door, it is too late for active remorse.

Anyone who consumes photos and videos of the sexual abuse of minors is creating the market for more and more children to be actively abused. "They are destroying these children's souls," emphasized Gailer.

Investigators have arrested leading backers of a large darknet platform for child pornography. The number of users on the site has run into the hundreds of thousands. According to the authorities, the site has since been shut down.

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Source: Die Zeit