NCCIA says child pornography network busted, with father allegedly involved in selling videos of his children

ISLAMABAD: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Sunday claimed to have busted an international child pornography network in which a father was allegedly involved in making and selling explicit videos of his own children. Islamabad NCCIA Additional Director Mohammad Shoaib Khan, speaking at a press conference in the capital, asserted that this was the first case in Pakistan’s history where a father was found involved in such a heinous crime against his own minor children. The NCCIA official claimed the man was “involved in making indecent videos of his children, aged between four and five, and selling them”. The videos were bought and sold in secret Telegram groups through cryptocurrency, he added. Khan added the investigation also revealed disturbing scenes of animal abuse in the videos.

He said the alleged ringleader of the gang belonged to Skardu and was arrested with the assistance of international agencies. During the investigation, important links and evidence were recovered from Islamabad, Multan and South Punjab, and raids were being conducted to arrest other network facilitators, according to Khan. “Those involved in such heinous crimes will be brought to justice,” the NCCIA official declared. Recalling another case, Khan said the agency arrested four members of an alleged child pornography gang after investigating around 60 videos recovered from a child’s mobile phone. He said the suspect used to befriend children aged between six and 14 on Instagram, lure them with money and make indecent videos, which were then sold internationally via WhatsApp groups. Khan claimed that two Chinese nationals had also been convicted earlier in this crime. Sharing details of another case, the additional director said a minor girl from Karachi attempted…