A 26-year-old Norwegian is accused of having forced more than 300 boys into sexual acts. This was announced by the public prosecutor in Oslo. Attorney General Guro Hansson Bull spoke of the "biggest abuse case in Norway so far."

According to the prosecution, the accused, who is reportedly a football referee, has since 2011 lost his male victim at the age of 13 to 16 years. He should have spent himself on the Internet as a woman and forced the boys to act on themselves. In return, he promised them nude photos. Some were raped, it said. But the investigators did not disclose details.

16,463 videos found

According to the police, the man spent in the district of Øst in Chatforen and on Snapchat as a girl and initiated sexual conversations. He got the boys to film while masturbating and send him these videos. Later he threatened to publish these films on the Internet if they did not send further recordings. According to the newspaper "Verdens Gang", police found 16,463 different films on his computer.

Affected are young people in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The man is in custody since 2016 and in principle confessed. He has not yet commented on all charges, said his lawyer Gunhild Laerum the transmitter NRK. The process is scheduled for the coming year.