WASHINGTON: Law enforcement officials said on Wednesday they had arrested hundreds of people worldwide after knocking out a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold gruesome videos for digital cash. Officials from the United States, Britain and South Korea described the network as one of the largest child pornography operations they had encountered to date. Welcome To Video is one of the first websites to monetize child pornography using bitcoin, which allows users to hide their identities during financial transactions. Points could also be earned by uploading fresh child pornography. He said the bust showed that law enforcement could also track criminal activity that employs cryptocurrency transactions.

Source: Pakistan Today October 16, 2019 18:45 UTC