Sep 16, 2021 — Eric Eoin Marques, 36, of Dublin, Ireland, pleaded guilty on Feb. 6, 2020 to conspiracy to advertise child pornography.

by A Blokland · 2024 · Cited by 9 — The darknet hosts an increasing number of hidden services dedicated to the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Given that by

Jun 20, 2025 — A Connecticut man was sentenced June 8 in federal court to five years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.

Jun 19, 2014 — Tens of thousands of paedophiles are using the so-called dark net to trade images of sexual abuse, an investigation by BBC News indicates.

by C Gannon · 2023 · Cited by 37 — Hundreds of these darknet forums are especially dedicated to the exchange of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).

May 11, 2021 — This study uses crime script analysis to reconstruct step-by-step how offenders operate on the darknet.

Apr 2, 2025 — Sixty-three UK-based users of a Dark Web site hosting child sexual abuse material have been identified following work by the National Crime Agency.

by J Lätth · Cited by 3 — Individuals engaging in child sexual abuse often present pedophilic interest, but the other psychiatric morbidities among undetected users ...

A British study found 80% of traffic to darknet websites is involved in child abuse including child pornography.

Feb 2, 2007 — Once convicted, possessors of child pornography also become registered sex offenders and have to report that for the rest of their lives.

Childs Play [sic] was a website on the darknet featuring child sexual abuse material that operated from April 2016 to September 2017

by RJB Lehmann · 2025 · Cited by 1 — This study examines a “boy-lover” darknet forum, home to nearly 100,000 members with sexual interests in children, analyzing user-gener

In this study, we aim to analyze local patterns of child pornography consumption across 1341 French communes in 20 metropolitan regions of France

Pat International which is a global network of civil society organizations that work to end the sexual exploitation of children.

May 11, 2023 — A federal jury convicted a Missouri man yesterday for running four websites dedicated to sharing images of child sexual abuse.

Apr 4, 2025 — A major international operation has dismantled one of the world's largest pedophile networks, Kidflix. It hosted child abuse videos.

Aug 26, 2025 — The Tor network's privacy architecture creates a safe haven for predators to share child sexual abuse material.

Jul 31, 2015 — Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has supported Italian law enforcement authorities to shut down a hidden service for distributing child sexual abuse ...

Aug 1, 2025 — A Ukrainian man who founded and ran an international, hardcore child sexual abuse website pleaded guilty to running a child exploitation enterprise Wednesday.

Dec 26, 2023 — This article explores how the dark web hides CSAM distributors and how the dark web works to foil investigators.