Photo: DPAGerman prosecutors said Thursday they had carried out nationwide raids against people believed to possess child pornography, targeting nearly 70 prime suspects. "The 67 suspects -- ranging in age from 18 to 80 -- are believed to have illegally used the internet service 'Chatstep' to exchange pornographic images and videos of children," the prosecutors said. They hailed the cooperation with US-based online group chat service Chatstep, which it noted was required under US law to report all cases of child pornography. The raids come two weeks after German prosecutors announced they had smashed a major international online child pornography platform used to organise sexual abuse of children and arrested its suspected administrator. They have repeatedly been used by criminals to trade drugs, weapons and child pornography.

Source: The Local July 20, 2017 12:10 UTC