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Takedown Index

The Internet Takedown Index documents law enforcement seizures, sinkholes, takeovers, and shutdowns of criminal internet infrastructure. Every entry traces to a cited source.

104 takedowns indexed Across 37 jurisdictions

Last reviewed August 20, 2026

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Takedown	Date	Category	Lead organization	Jurisdiction	Status Derived from the recorded end date. A date in the past reads Completed, no date reads Ongoing. The dataset carries no separate status column.
Welcome to Video seizure ID: td_2019_welcome_to_video	Mar 5, 2018	Child sexual abuse material	IRS-CI and HSI	International	Completed

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March 2018

Welcome to Video seizure

Welcome to Video Child sexual abuse material

Lead: IRS-CI and HSI
Result: Server seized in South Korea and site taken offline; approximately eight terabytes of material and roughly 250,000 videos secured; Bitcoin transaction analysis used to identify users.
Accountability: 1 charged, 1 apprehended, and 1 convicted
Return status: Later activity recorded, link to the original not established

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