Government release # South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, October 16, 2019. The Welcome To Video takedown: that "The international investigations were led by the IRS-CI, HSI and the NCA" (with the Korean National Police, the UK NCA and the German BKA providing assistance), and the geographic scope of the 337 charged site users — 24 U.S. states and D.C. plus the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Australia.. **Source type:** Government release **Published:** October 16, 2019 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 3 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs **Published:** October 16, 2019 **Source type:** Government release **Research grade:** Source grade P1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/south-korean-national-and-hundreds-others-charged-worldwide-takedown-largest-darknet-child](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/south-korean-national-and-hundreds-others-charged-worldwide-takedown-largest-darknet-child) **What it supports:** The Welcome To Video takedown: that "The international investigations were led by the IRS-CI, HSI and the NCA" (with the Korean National Police, the UK NCA and the German BKA providing assistance), and the geographic scope of the 337 charged site users — 24 U.S. states and D.C. plus the United Kingdom, South Korea, Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Czech Republic, Canada, Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Australia. **Dataset id:** src\_usdoj\_welcome\_to\_video\_2019 ## Research notes - Retrieved via the justice.gov press-releases JSON API (title filter), which returned the release date 2019-10-16 and the full body; the archived page URL is live (HTTP 200). How this source is used Cited 3 times across 3 record types. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [Welcome to Video seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Child sexual abuse material, March 2018 Supporting source ### Organization roles 1 citation Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown. - [National Crime Agency](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Co-lead, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source ### Legal actions against people 1 citation Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Jong Woo Son](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son) Convicted, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)