The world's largest child porn site rolled: "Children were tortured '

Philips says Inge, deputy head of the National Crime Squad, against RTL Nieuws. The site was managed under other in the Netherlands. The website was only to visit via the so-called Tor network, which allows users to surf anonymously. The network around the site had more than 45,000 members. They viewed, shared and produced child pornography.

In the network 360 000 photographs and videos found. It is unclear how many children are abused, but it is known that there are more than one hundred children worldwide so far are taken from their abusers.

35 years in prison for coining
The Dutch, American and Australian investigations have collaborated in the case. In our country, all five people have been arrested, the prime suspect is from Australia. That's the 33-year-old Shannon McCoole. He has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. "He was the creator of this site," said Inge Philips, deputy head of the national police.

McCoole used in his messages often the word 'hiya's' to greet people. The investigators of the Australian Police noticed this and searched the Internet for people who use the same greeting.

She eventually ended up on a fictitious Facebook profile with a picture of a car. By tracing the license plate, they found McCoole. In everyday life he worked as a youth worker with many children. Through a birthmark on his finger, he could be recognized in a child pornography video.

VIP zone
By using the computer McCoole, the detectives kept in touch with other members of the child pornography website, including five pedophiles Netherlands. They have since been arrested.

A 37 year old man from Almelo proved to be a co-manager of the site. He was sentenced to a prison sentence of 18 months and Criminal Code. A 37 year old man from Friesland was co-administrator of another child pornography site Shannon McCoole. The man, a habitual offender, was sentenced to five years in prison and TBS.

Upload new videos
As a member, you were required every few months to upload a new video. If you do not publish their own material via the website, your profile was eventually blocked.

"People were so motivated to deliver on new material. There was also a sort of VIP zone within the site, with the members every two weeks to upload fresh child pornography. There could even be produced to order child pornography. One could ask for specific transactions specific objects, "says Philips.

"So there is obviously a market for it. A large part of this market is fueled by people who are hardly aware of the suffering behind this. There are also in the Netherlands thousands of people who look at child pornography and with every click you make your guilty of maintaining this disgusting world. "

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