A 40-year-old man, suspected of having administered sites on the darknet, the hidden part of the internet, allowing thousands of Internet users "to have access to photographs or videos of a child pornography nature", was arrested on July 7 in Gironde, announced the prosecutor of the Republic of Bordeaux, Monday. 

A 40-year-old Frenchman was arrested on July 7 in Gironde, suspected of having administered sites on the darknet, the hidden part of the internet, allowing "thousands of Internet users worldwide to have access to photographs. or videos of a child pornography nature, "announced Monday in a statement the prosecutor of the Republic of Bordeaux.

"One of the ten global priority targets"

"Identified as one of the ten priority global targets" according to the prosecutor Frédérique Porterie, he was arrested by the police of the central office for the Suppression of Violence against People (OCRVP), in collaboration with EUROPOL, in charge of the fight against the international child pornography networks of the darknet.