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Operation Alice Dismantles 373,000 Fraud Dark-Web Sites Advertising CSAM and CaaS

Europol-backed investigators seized 105 servers in Germany, with probes now targeting 440 identified customers.

Overview

  • German-led action ran from March 9 to 19, 2026, targeting the fraudulent platform “Alice with Violence CP” and related infrastructure.
  • Authorities identified a single 35-year-old man living in China as the alleged operator of up to 287 servers, and an international arrest warrant has been issued.
  • The network used over 90,000 onion domains to market CSAM “packages” priced between €17 and €215 and various CaaS offers, which investigators say never existed.
  • Police traced cryptocurrency payments and estimate profits exceeding €345,000 from roughly 10,000 deceived buyers, with devices and data seized for forensics.
  • Child-safety interventions were executed where risk was identified, and authorities from more than 20 countries are continuing coordinated follow-up investigations.