News Summary

• The investigation, which brought together officers from 18 countries, also led to 60 suspects facing criminal proceedings.
• The task force met at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague, where specialists analysed more than 5,000 pieces of child exploitation material over two weeks.
• In many cases, the material under review was stored on servers in one country, distributed through platforms in another, and linked to victims elsewhere.
• Investigators reduced the time it normally takes to connect evidence to actual children by combining resources and sharing intelligence in real time.