On Wednesday, the Sexual Assault Section of Rome’s public prosecutor’s office detained a 50-year-old Italian citizen wanted for more than a decade for being one of Italy’s most prolific producers of child pornography on the “dark web.”
A man also suspected of attracting and abusing boys under the age of ten is accused of running a virtual pedophile community called the Love Zone (TLZ) on the “dark web” for years, which has since been dismantled. , but where he gave subscribers access to child pornography.
Known by the media under the pseudonym “Shadow”, he managed to avoid arrest for more than a decade, evading police even when they arrested other members of the group, according to court sources.
He was charged with aggravated sexual assault, conspiracy to commit criminal pedophilia, distribution of useful information to attract minors and the exchange, possession and distribution of child pornography, and abuse of minors.