Overview
- Prosecutors in Baden‑Württemberg filed an indictment against an unnamed 46-year-old from the Heidenheim district who has been held since his December 2025 arrest.
- The charges include instigating severe sexual abuse of children and possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material.
- Investigators say he paid women in the Philippines to abuse children while he directed the acts by chat during live video streams.
- The indictment cites alleged offenses in 2013, 2014 and 2019 involving girls between four and 13 years old.
- The investigation followed the shutdown of a paid livestream abuse network in the Philippines, supported by U.S. Homeland Security, and five children there were placed in protective care.