Overview

• Youness en Naciri was arrested by Turkish police in Bodrum following a six-year international manhunt coordinated through Interpol.
• Naciri is accused of participating in a child pornography network that operated undetected for over 15 years before its dismantling in 2015.
• The arrest concludes efforts to capture the last fugitive among the network’s leaders, with co-defendants Jean Luc Aschbacher and Christian Arson detained in 2021.
• Aschbacher, the network’s leader, was sentenced in 2020 to 240 years in prison for sexual abuse, child pornography production, and criminal organization membership.
• Naciri is expected to be extradited to Spain, where he will face trial for his role in the exploitation of minors.