The Federal Research Office, better known by its acronym in English, FBIis the National Security and Intelligence Service of the USA, as well as its main Federal Police Agency. For that reason, he is currently investigating 250 individuals related to a virtual criminal network called “764”
According to the FBI, this criminal network, which operates online, has been accused of using various Digital platforms To be able to manipulate very youthswith the objective of later create and distribute content of Child abuseso it is presumed that “they coercion to minors to produce explicit material and violent”
The magnitude of this research has required the participation of 55 field offices of the FBI in the United States, taking into consideration that the Federal US authorities indicated that the criminal network includes several Subgroups and hundreds of nicknames or nicknameswhich has complicated efforts to disarticulate it.
According to The Federal Bureau of Research, The number of victims and suspects continues to increase as evidence collection progresses. Therefore, the case of criminal network 764 has captured international attention, mainly due to the characteristics of all Crimes and the use of social networks to exploit minors.
What is the 764 criminal network?
Various security agencies in the United States and dozens of child protection groups have highlighted the need to increase surveillance in social networks and reinforce the tools of investigation Digital, because the FBI has described “764” as a decentralized network that operates mainly on platforms digital.
In turn, the American television channel Fox News He indicated that this virtual criminal organization is dedicated to contacting minors through social networks and other instant messaging applications, and then “coercing them to produce graphic content of nature sexual or violent ”, which is sold on the” Deep Web “.
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The “Deep Web”, known in Spanish as “Red deep“Or” Network hidden”, Is the internet content that is not indexed For conventional search engines (Google, Bing and Yahoo), so these people have the opportunity to carry out various activities criminalssuch as arms trafficking, espionage and money laundering.
Given this situation, the FBI has managed to identify 250 suspects linked to the criminal network “764”. However, in accordance with the American television and radio network ABC News, The number of involved could increase in the coming days, although more than more than 115 minors In the United States.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last Tuesday, May 27, the arrest of two alleged leaders of this network: Prasan Nepal20 years old, who was arrested in North Carolina; and Leonidas varagiannis, 21 years old, who was arrested at the Greece International Airport.
Both Prasan and Leonidas currently face charges for operating an international child exploitation company linked to “764”. According to the DOJ, the defendants used platforms such as Discord and Telegram to direct extortion operations against minors, in which they promoted acts of self -harm and sexual abuse
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