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The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Friday arrested four alleged members of an international gang involved in child sexual abuse and the production and sale of sexually explicit videos of minors.
Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, NCCIA Additional Director Muhammad Shoaib Khan said investigators had recovered around 50 to 60 objectionable videos involving children from a mobile phone belonging to a child.
“The subsequent investigation led to the arrest of the four suspects,” he added.
According to Khan, the suspects allegedly befriended children aged between six and 14 through Instagram and other social media platforms, luring them with promises of money before coercing them into recording explicit videos.
The videos were allegedly circulated through WhatsApp groups and sold to buyers internationally, the director said.
Khan also said the agency had previously secured convictions against two Chinese nationals in child sexual abuse material cases.
The arrests come amid an intensified nationwide crackdown by the NCCIA on online child exploitation, blackmail and digital fraud.