“Furthermore, members of the platform received safety instructions from them for secure surfing on ‘Boystown’ in order to minimize the risk of discovery by law enforcement authorities,” the German BKA said.
Police said the Boystown site has been around since June 2019. And it “served the worldwide exchange of child pornography by platform members, whereby mainly recordings of abuse of boys were exchanged.”
Dark Web Child Porn
The dark web has long been a place where criminals sell their goods and services. And this includes illegal drugs, illegal guns, hacked information and even hiring a hitman.
The site was housed on the dark web. It featured encrypted web pages not accessible with normal web browsers or search engines.
In January, Europol said it has shut down DarkMarket, which was the largest known dark marketplace. And it had half a million members and over 140 million euros ($168 million) in sales.
Several linked sites that child sex offenders were also using were seized and shut down. NBC reported that “There were and there are still several sites similar to Boystown in the darknet. And for this reason, investigations will go on to identify the responsible persons behind these darknet sites,” said Julia Bussweiler, a public prosecutor.
