Kofi Anash 
- The suspect is believed to have created several ‘darknet’ child porn websites
- Police and investigators arrested a man in his 40s in the French city of Bordeaux
- The man was also charged with the rape and sexual assault of underage girls
Police in France have arrested a man who is described as one of the top 10 most-wanted targets by authorities fighting sexual crimes.
A man in his 40s, who has masterminded several ‘darknet’ paedophilia internet websites, was apprehended by officers in the city Bordeaux, southwest France on July 7.
The suspect was also charged with the rape of a minor as well as the sexual assault of a 15-year-old.
Bordeaux prosecutor Frederique Porterie: said: ‘This internet user, identified as one of the 10 most-wanted targets… enabled thousands of Internet users across the world to have access to photographs or videos of a child pornography nature’
‘He also appeared to have played an active role in the production of child pornography photographs or videos’.
Detectives and investigators managed to track down the suspect with the help of EU Europol’s police agency.
The man, whose pornographic websites could only be accessed using specialist software to maintain anonymity amongst its users, accepted the charges made against him.
Bordeaux prosecutor Frederique Porterie said the suspect appeared to have taken “an active role in the production of child pornography pictures and videos.”
After being taken in for questioning, he was also charged with the incestuous rape of a minor as well as incestuous sexual assault of a 15-year-old, Porterie said.
The suspect admitted the charges against him, she added.
