18 suspects, 27 victims – European police target sexual exploitation networks on content subscription sites

Thirty-four suspicious cases, 18 suspect profiles and 27 potential victims have been identified as law enforcement officers from seven European countries joined forces for a four-day ‘hackathon’ to target the emerging trend of subscription-based content platforms being used to facilitate human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
In a Friday news release, INTERPOL said the hackathon codenamed Operation CyberProtect III ran May 19 – 22.
INTERPOL disclosed that as part of the operation, 14 officers from participating countries worked side by side to detect red flags from websites, social media, messaging apps and subscription platforms.
This format, known as a ‘hackathon’ in law enfor...