US and Korean authorities used Bitcoin (BTC) tracking methods to bust one of the largest rings for the sale of child pornography, reported Bloomberg. The global crackdown charged 337 persons with darknet activity, and led to the indictment of Jong Woo Son, 23, for running a darknet site.
Jong Woo Son is already in custody and serving a sentence in South Korea. Among the 337 arrested are site users from Korea and the US, including law enforcement officers. The crackdown also led to the rescue of 23 minor victims in the US, Spain, and the UK, who were held against their will by site users.
The latest crackdown followed the practic...