Overview
- Police and gendarmes arrested 33 adults during coordinated searches across about twenty departments in a wave of raids carried out between Tuesday, June 23 and Wednesday, June 24.
- Those taken into custody are suspected of possessing, sharing or habitually consulting child sexual abuse material and are being questioned under charges that carry up to five years in prison and €75,000 fines.
- Investigators say the suspects exchanged extremely violent material including the so-called “Daisy destruction” file, a video linked to Australian trafficker Peter Scully who is serving long sentences in the Philippines.
- The Office des mineurs led months of online surveillance to identify targets, prioritizing recidivists and high-volume downloaders, then moved simultaneously to seize computers and phones before digital traces could be deleted.
- Forensic analysis of seized devices is ongoing and could lead to formal prosecutions; authorities urge anyone with information or victim reports to contact 119 or the Pharos reporting platform as the investigation continues.