Overview

• A 55-year-old Lille resident was apprehended by the Office mineurs and presented to a judge for indictment on complicity in child abuse charges.
• Prosecutors allege he paid over €30,000 via a consumer loan to a Colombian family in exchange for livestreamed rapes of their children.
• Investigators estimate he commissioned between 500 and 600 abusive livestreams over a four-year period.
• Colombian authorities arrested several adults linked to the scheme and placed at least four sibling victims into protective custody.
• If convicted of complicity in livestreamed child abuse, he faces up to 20 years in prison.