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The main culprit of the 2nd room nth room case, aka 'L', who made sexual exploitation of minors and spread them through Telegram, was caught in Australia.
Police arrested 25 people, including this man, who threatened victims or possessed and spread sexual exploitation.
This is reporter Park Ye-rin.
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A building near Sydney, Australia.
A man is surrounded by police and dragged out of the building.
From the end of 2020 to August of this year, he is a prime suspect in the so-called '2nd nth room' case, where he made sexual exploits by threatening minors and spread them through Telegram.
After identifying Elle, police worked with Australian police to catch Elle in a Sydney suburb.
L, a man in his mid-20s, immigrated to Australia as a teenager, but he is a Korean national because he did not obtain permanent residency.
At the time of arrest, a pile of sexual exploitation was found on one of the two mobile phones L had.
There are over 1,200 verified videos and photos.
There are only 9 minor victims, but the number of victims may increase.
L changed his Telegram screen name and ran several chat rooms to escape the police investigation.
In addition, it is known that he approached the victims by impersonating the 'Chasing Squad Flame' who uncovered the 'Nth Room Incident'.
[Yoon Young-Jun/Chief 2nd Cyber Investigation, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency: (L) pretends to be another victim, actually threatens, or approaches the victim saying he will help...
In some cases, the person himself plays all three roles (sometimes.)]
The police arrested 15 people who threatened the victim, including L, and 10 people who sold sexual exploitation materials or disclosed the victim's identity, and 6 of them were arrested. I was arrested.
The proceeds of their crime have not yet been confirmed.
The police plan to promote the extradition of El, who was detained by the Australian police, and reveal the female crime through investigation.
(Video coverage: Cho Chang-hyun, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)