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# Organizations and roles

January 2015, Child sexual abuse material
[Operation Babylon](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-babylon)

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

The public record puts 2 organizations on this action. Operational lead: Polizia Postale. The table lists the role the cited record assigns each one, in the record's own wording where it gives any.

## Why this page names organizations only

Roles on this page describe the agencies that took part. Individuals named in the public record appear on the takedown entry itself, under People and accountability.

## Organizations and roles

| Emblem | Organization | Role | What the record says |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | [Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/polizia-postale-e-delle-comunicazioni), Italy | Operational lead | Executed the shutdown and residence search. |
| | [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation) | Supporting | Supported the Italian-led operation. |

## Accountability

### Legal authority

Italian judicial search/seizure authority.

This page records organizational involvement as the cited sources state it. Where a role carries no description, the record gives none.

Last reviewed August 21, 2026