European police say that Kidflix, “one of the largest children’s platforms in the world”, has been seized in a joint process

German investigators said on Wednesday that they dismantled a major platform for distributing sexual assault images to children, which includes 1.8 million users worldwide, in an international process coordinated by the European European Police Agency.

“This step to close the” Kidflix “broadcasting service was” one of the biggest strikes against children’s pornography in recent years, if never. ”

The investigation was led by German police and supported by the authorities in 38 countries, including Australia, Canada and the United States, under the coordination of Europol.

In general, it is said that “Kidflix” hosted more than 91,000 video clips with pictures of sexual assault on children, totaling about 6,288 hours of video, according to the Bavarian police force.

The authorities were able to determine approximately 1,400 individual users for the platform, which were hosted on the so -called Darknet or Dark network.

In March, the police conducted searches in 31 countries in the “largest operation ever” organized by the Europol, according to Limi.

He said that a joint raid by the German and Dutch authorities resulted in the seizure of a fixed drive with about 72,000 video clips on sexual assault on children.

In Germany, the police carried out raids in 96 sites, and targeted 103 individuals suspects, the Bavarian police said.

The German authorities said that they had worked to identify the victims of ill -treatment while the investigation was still under progress.

Police arrested a 36 -year -old man in the Eastern city of Chemnitz in January 2024, who looked for abuse of pictures on “Kidflix”.

Limmer said that the man “offered his little son to games.” The child has been handed over to child protection services.

Limi said the investigators were able to determine the “serial” offensive in the United States.

“Kidflix” was created in 2021 by “Cyberrenal, which made a great profit from it,” According to Europol“Because it soon became one of the most popular platforms between strict feelings.”

About 3.5 new videos were loaded to the site per hour before being downloaded, according to the International Police Agency.