German justice is investigating some 30,000 people suspected of being involved in a large pedophilia case in the west of the country, local authorities announced on Thursday.

German justice has seized a vast pedophilia investigation in the west of the country in which some 30,000 people are suspected, local authorities announced on Thursday.

"We want to get out of the anonymity of the internet, the perpetrators who abuse children and those who support them," Peter Biesenbach, Minister of Justice for the region of North Rhine-Westphalia, told a press conference. -Westphalie, where the scandal broke out.