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South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin

United States Department of Justice, October 16, 2019. Server seizure in South Korea, Son's arrest and US indictment, 337 arrests, 23 children rescued, site scale.

Source type
Government release
Published
October 16, 2019
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
11

Bibliographic record

Publisher
United States Department of Justice
Published
October 16, 2019
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.
What it supports
Server seizure in South Korea, Son's arrest and US indictment, 337 arrests, 23 children rescued, site scale
Dataset id
src_doj_welcome_to_video_2019

Research notes

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How this source is used

Cited 11 times across 5 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 20, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

Cited by

Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

4 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Legal actions against people

3 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

  • Jong Woo Son

    Arrested, Welcome to Video seizure

    Primary source
  • Jong Woo Son

    Indicted, Welcome to Video seizure

    Primary source
  • Jong Woo Son

    Convicted, Welcome to Video seizure

    Primary source

Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 1 server

    Server seized, Welcome to Video seizure

    Primary source
  • 1 onion service

    Onion service seized, Welcome to Video seizure

    Primary source

Later activity

1 citation

Cited for activity recorded after the takedown.

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