French police arrest 55 men in crackdown on paedophilia ring
- French police arrested 55 men across the country on Thursday on allegations of owning, disseminating and watching the sexual abuse of children under the age of 10.
- Post By Ivan Kolekevski
- 16:24, 22 May, 2025
Paris, 22 May 2025 (dpa/MIA) – French police arrested 55 men across the country on Thursday on allegations of owning, disseminating and watching the sexual abuse of children under the age of 10.
The suspects in a paedophilia network are reported to have communicated via the Telegram messaging service.
According to media reports, a clergyman was among those arrested. Their ages range from 25 to 75, according to broadcaster France Info, which added that some of them were themselves fathers.
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