A 33-year-old Dublin man has pleaded guilty in federal court in the United States to conspiracy to advertise child pornography. Eric Eoin Marques, who is a dual US and Irish citizen, and a Dublin resident, operated an anonymous web hosting service between July 2008 and July 2013. The service was used to share millions of images of child sexual abuse. “The hosting service hosted website that allowed users to view and share images documenting the sexual abuse of children, including the abuse of prepubescent minors, violent sexual abuse and bestiality,” according to the department of justice in the US. Almost all the material depcited children engaged in sexually explicit conduct with adults or other children, or posed nude or undressed.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2020 08:48 UTC