Offenders’ behaviors, tactics, and methods
Child pornography offenders like to lurk on Dark Web forums to share their interests, desires, fetishes, and experiences abusing children, in addition to sharing, trading, and selling images. Also, offenders enjoy watching other people who are blatantly exploiting children in the most brutal ways. Dark Web communities related to individuals with an attraction to Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) give users access to the following:
- Child sexual abuse content
- A chance to connect with like-minded people
- A feeling of acceptance and belonging
- A place where sexual fetishes can be communicated, confirmed, and satisfied
There have been various reports on the features of Dark Web child sex offenders, and there have been online forums, communities, and platforms for people with a sexual attraction to children for a long time now. For instance, one piece of research compared studies on offenders who utilize...
