Overview
- About twenty suspects were detained in coordinated raids across France on December 10 in inquiries led by the minors unit Ofmin into purchases from platforms including Shein and AliExpress.
- Investigators mobilized roughly 60 officers across 16 territorial services, using banking and digital traces and exchanges with platforms to identify buyers.
- Two defendants now face court dates: one in Annecy on January 21, 2026, and another in Cambrai on April 28, 2026, both placed under judicial supervision.
- Searches recovered dolls with childlike features in several locations and, in some cases, AI‑generated child sexual images; seven of those arrested were already known for offenses involving minors.
- Local prosecutors are handling buyer cases, while the Paris prosecutor pursues inquiries into how platforms listed and moderated illegal items after DGCCRF alerts that prompted removals and denials from various sites.