Hundreds arrested in global dark web child pornography investigation | World News, The Indian Express

Hundreds arrested in global dark web child pornography investigation | World News, The Indian Express

By Deutsche Welle |Published: October 17, 2019 9:05:47 am

Hundreds arrested in global dark web child pornography investigation

An international investigation to uncover users of a dark web child pornography website has led to 337 arrests, authorities have said. People paying with supposedly "anonymous" Bitcoin cryptocurrency were traced.

The site allowed users to pay for the hundreds of thousands of child pornographic videos using the bitcoin cryptocurrency, allowing users a degree of anonymity online.

Officials arrested 337 individuals around the world, following an international investigation into a dark web child pornography site that sold illegal videos in untraceable digital currencies.