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Operation Stream / Kidflix

April 2025, Child sexual abuse material
Led by Bundeskriminalamt

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Server infrastructure and extensive evidentiary material seized.

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What happened to the people?

No individual outcomes are recorded against this entry.
Group accounted for: Not established

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Did it stay down?

Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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German authorities led an extensive international investigation that seized Kidflix infrastructure; Europol described the platform as one of the world's largest child-sexual-exploitation platforms, with nearly two million users before shutdown.

Date
April 2025
Target
Kidflix, csam platform
Activity
Child sexual abuse material
Operational lead
BKA
Partners
Europol[1]
Jurisdiction
Not established
Outcome
Server infrastructure and extensive evidentiary material seized.
Status
Completed
Legal mechanism
German judicial search/seizure authority; coordinated international warrants across dozens of countries.
Group accounted for
Not established

No individual is named against this entry in the cited record. That is a gap in what has been published rather than a finding that nobody was involved.

Group accounted for: Not established

Numerous suspects were identified and arrested internationally, but a final worldwide charging total was not established as fixed in the reviewed sources.

Europol reported nearly two million users.

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Not established in the public record. No later activity is recorded against this entry.

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Official sources

  1. [1]
    Kidflix: one of the largest child sexual exploitation platforms taken down

    Europol, April 2, 2025, Source grade P2

    Establishes the German-led seizure of Kidflix and the nearly two-million-user figure.

    No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Added from deep-research aggregation pass. Not independently re-verified source-by-source to the same standard as the original 38-incident core; source_quality capped at S2/P2 pending a dedicated verification pass.