Czech distributor of child pornography arrested in Prague

Detectives in Prague have arrested a Czech citizen who is one of the largest online distributors of child pornography in the world. The individual in question was wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the EU police agency Europol. He is currently in custody and faces up to eight years in prison if convicted for the sexual abuse of children and the distribution of child pornography on the so-called ‘dark web’. According to police spokeswoman Kristýna Zelinková, the FBI had been recording information about the elderly man and his activities for almost ten years, and he was arrested as part of an international organisation coordinated by Europol.