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# Operation Stream / Kidflix

April 2025, Child sexual abuse material
Led by [Bundeskriminalamt](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/bundeskriminalamt)

Extended pass entry, last reviewed August 21, 2026

What was taken down?

Server infrastructure and extensive evidentiary material seized.

[See what happened](#what-happened)

What happened to the people?

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

[See people and accountability](#people)

Did it stay down?

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

[See what happened afterward](#afterward)

## What happened

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]](#source-1)

- [European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation](https://takedownindex.org/organizations/european-union-agency-for-law-enforcement-cooperation), coordinator

**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

## People and accountability

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.

[See the organizations and roles behind this action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/operation-stream-kidflix/organizations)

## What happened afterward

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

## Sources

Numbered markers throughout this entry link to the source that supports the claim beside them.

### Official sources

1.
[Kidflix: one of the largest child sexual exploitation platforms taken down](https://takedownindex.org/sources/europol-kidflix-one-of-the-largest-child-sexual-exploitation-platforms-taken-dow)

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.

Research context

## How this entry was checked

This entry came from a broader aggregation pass and has not been independently verified source by source. Its sources are graded no higher than P2 or S2, and most carry no address yet. Treat the figures as a research lead rather than a settled record.

Source review: Extended pass, not yet verified

Sources cited: 1

Research cutoff: August 20, 2026

Last reviewed August 21, 2026

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