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55 Men Arrested in France in Major Operation to Bust Online Pedophile Ring
- French authorities arrested 55 men across 42 departments this week as part of a raid targeting a paedophile network on Telegram, with the victims being children younger than ten years old.
- The arrests followed a ten-month investigation led by France’s OFMIN, which revealed suspects aged 25 to 75 exchanging child sexual abuse material and communicating with dangerous incarcerated paedophiles.
- Suspects come from varied backgrounds including a priest, paramedic, and music teacher, with some having criminal records and contact with children through their professions.
- Quentin Bevan, leader of OFMIN’s operational unit, explained that a dedicated task force at the agency conducted an extensive ten-month undercover operation, reviewing thousands of communications and identifying illegal child abuse images.
- The arrests highlight ongoing challenges as Telegram, despite recent cooperation, remains described as a "paedophile den" with Pavel Durov under formal investigation and judicial supervision in France.
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A vast operation to dismantle a child criminal network led this week to the arrest of 55 men in 42 departments. All of them consulted or exchanged child pornography content via Telegram. - "These individuals practice concealment": what is known about the arrest of 55 men suspected of child criminality (Police, justice and various facts).
RECIT - Fifty-five individuals were arrested this week, suspected of exchanging under pseudonyms, on the Telegram app, videos of sexual abuse and child rape.
55 men arrested in France in major operation to bust online pedophile ring
Fifty-five men from across France were arrested between Monday and Thursday morning as part of a large-scale operation to dismantle a pedophile network operating through the messaging service Telegram, according to France’s Office for the Protection of Minors.
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