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The move to shut down the "KidFlix" streaming service was "one of the biggest blows against child pornography in recent years, if not ever," said Guido Limmer, deputy head of the Bavarian Criminal Police.
The investigation was led by German police and supported by authorities in 38 countries, including Australia, Canada and the U.S., under the coordination of Europol.
In all, "KidFlix" is said to have hosted more than 91,000 videos with images of child sexual abuse, totaling around 6,288 hours of video, according to the Bavarian police force.
Authorities were able to identify almost 1,400 individual users of the platform, which was hosted on the so-called darknet or dark web.
Police in March carried out searches at locations in 31 countries in the "largest operation ever" organized by Europol, according to Limmer.
A joint raid by German and Dutch authorities resulted in the seizure of a hard drive with around 72,000 videos of child sexual abuse, he said.
In Germany, police carried out raids at 96 locations, targeting 103 individual suspects, the Bavarian police said.
German authorities said they had worked to identify child victims of the abuse while the investigation was still in progress.
Police arrested a 36-year-old man in the eastern German city of Chemnitz in January 2024 who had searched for abuse images on "KidFlix".
The man had also "offered his young son for games," Limmer said. The child had been handed over to child protection services.
Investigators had also been able to identify a "serial" abuser in the United States, Limmer said.
"KidFlix" was created in 2021 by a "cybercriminal who made huge profit from it," according to Europol, "as it quickly became one of the most popular platforms among pedophiles."
About 3.5 new videos were being uploaded to the site per hour before it was taken down, according to the international police agency.
Reader Comments
until parents respect their children... pffft
naive + ignorant.
Lots of this abuse & pedophilia is generational. Gotta break the cycle.
You can just tell people it's going on, cops too, and they are just like, "Welp. It happened to me too. It's just something women go through."
I'm like, not my daughter. I'll actually kill you, and already have the carpet and gasoline in the garage. So, get off my lawn.
I'm not kidding. I've had this conversation, with neighbors and police.
I don't know what to do about it. I'm just one guy, and I've seen this behavior around here on multiple occasions, where people just keep it a secret. I think it goes on more than I thought, and the pedo-pervert locator my wife has on her computer sort of reflects that.
Men have a real problem right now. IDK WTF it's all about, but the women got it too, so it isn't just them, but wow...guys....this has to stop. It's awful.
Dr David Hawkins
Power vs Force
(Great research of his & stats).
Tremendous
The Epstein and Diddy tapes will reveal politicians and music/Hollywood performers. Waiting...
When the girls Father was handcuffed and being led away to serve many years in jail for rape, incest, etc. A reporter asked him waht he had to say for himself regarding all the incest allegations?
He replied.....Insects? I don't know anything about any Insects?
He was such a backwater illiterate hick and obviously one of these generational offenders of sexual abuse & incest.
When I'm near people that I think qualify as candidates for the same IQ level as that Father, I will say out loud or just to myself.....Insects? I don't know anything about any Insects! Then I distance myself forever from those people. I do it to stay sane! I'm not allowed to shoot them in public!
Thanks for sharing!
Max is a trained Ritual Abuse Psychologist , having been trafficed by her own family. They were very religious & wealthy. She speaks fluent Spanish & Italian as they spent time in Italy & Either Spain or Argentina a few months every year. She has been into the bowels of the Vatican and attended many dark ceremonies. She been drugged with body paralyzing drugs yet mind awake while an Uncle or close friend of the family in the church took her to ceremonies where she was ritually raped by everyone there. She could tell you horrors that would make you cry. That's not her real name, when she escaped she had to start over and rebuild her mind and life. Max provides a platform for survivors of this abuse from around the world where folks can tell their story and feel heard. Like I said, Cathy O'Brien is a frequent co-host.
Additional ugly event came to mind: Max has mentioned that after putting herself back together, studying psychology, getting married, etc. She was pregnant with their daughter and was in labor for a really long time. Her mind & body did not want to release the baby because in the Ritual Abuse Cults they had impregnated her in the past and removed the baby for sacrifice. Horrific!
Yes, it does all need to become public knowledge it takes their power away as the exposure to the Light reveals it's ugliness.
In SPIRIT all violence is violence.