Overview

• The 'KidFlix' platform, created in 2021 and operating on the darknet, hosted over 91,000 videos of child sexual abuse, making it one of the largest such networks globally.
• A coordinated operation in March 2025 involved searches across 31 countries, with German and Dutch authorities seizing a hard drive containing 72,000 abuse videos.
• German police raided 96 locations, targeting 103 suspects, including a man in Chemnitz who offered his young son for abuse; the child is now under protective care.
• Investigators identified a 'serial' abuser in the United States and continue to analyze seized materials to uncover more perpetrators and victims.
• Authorities highlight the growing challenge of combating online child exploitation, with German cases of abuse material tripling in the past five years.