Child Pornography

R. Kelly was convicted guilty by the federal court in New York, on September 27, of orchestrating a decade-long plan to lure young girls for sex. Kelly pled not guilty to all charges levelled against him but was found guilty of all nine counts of racketeering, and sex trafficking brought against him by jury. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison; his sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 4, 2022.

Following a series of raids in mid-April, the German police disclosed of taking down 'one of the largest darknet child pornography sites in the world.’ Detaining four owners, the police revealed that the platform 'Boystown' was operating since 2019 with over 400,000 members. In the seven raids across Germany, three men of age group 40 to 64 were apprehended. Netherlands, Sweden, the US, and Canada have supported the operation.

A team of five specialist doctors from AIIMS, along with CBI officers, reached Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district on January 14 to investigate in the child pornography case. The team has examined around 25 children who were allegedly sexually exploited by an Irrigation department engineer. Reportedly, the CBI has arrested the junior engineer, Ram Bhawan, for sexually exploiting over 50 children in Chitrakoot, Banda and Hamirpur districts and… read-more

A Kashmiri man has been arrested by the CBI for operating a child sex racket with his US-based wife. The couple - Niyaz Ahmed Mir and Tamara Stanley - has been charged by the CBI for targeting minors in the US and uploading their pornographic videos for monetary gains. Raiding Mir’s house, the CBI has seized laptops, mobiles, and hand-scribbled notes. Earlier in June, Tamara was arrested by US authorities.