The 337 arrests were made in 38 countries including the UK, Ireland, America, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic and Canada. The disgusting Welcome To Video website was taken offline by an international taskforce set up by the UK's National Crime Agency. The site – run from South Korea – contained more than 250,000 horrific videos. Nikki Holland, NCA Director of Investigations, said: “Dark web child sex offenders – some of whom are the very worst offenders – cannot hide from law enforcement. We are seeing a direct link between viewing abuse images and contact abuse, as well as offenders using the dark web and encryption to hide their activity and identifies.

Source: Daily Mirror October 16, 2019 14:58 UTC