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 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 - URL not re-verified in this pass. 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. - [Welcome to Video seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Child sexual abuse material, March 2018 Primary source ### Organization roles 4 citations Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown. - [Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Operational lead, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [Homeland Security Investigations](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Co-lead, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [Korean National Police Agency](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Arresting, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Charging, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source ### Legal actions against people 3 citations Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Jong Woo Son](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son) Arrested, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [Jong Woo Son](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son) Indicted, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [Jong Woo Son](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son) Convicted, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source ### Infrastructure 2 citations Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on. - [1 server](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Server seized, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source - [1 onion service](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Onion service seized, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source ### Later activity 1 citation Cited for activity recorded after the takedown. - [No documented return](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure) Relationship not established, Welcome to Video seizure Primary source [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)