"The defendant, a 21-year-old German-Iranian national living in the northern city of Hamburg, has been only partially identified as Shahriar J., in line with German privacy rules. The case shines a spotlight on the dark world of sadistic online exploitation, where predators seek out vulnerable youths and manipulate them to commit acts of self-harm, violence against themselves or animals, or to kill themselves."
"Shahriar J. is accused of having driven a 13-year-old transgender youth living near the US city of Seattle to suicide by hanging in a parking lot in January 2022, which the youth live-streamed. The accused, a student operating from his parental home in a wealthy Hamburg suburb, allegedly used the pseudonym "White Tiger" as part of an online network of abusers known as "764"."
"The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has labelled the group an international child exploitation enterprise and a "network of nihilistic violent extremists" and also made a number of arrests. Shahriar J. allegedly victimised more than 30 children in hundreds of cases from January 2021 onwards, when the suspect was 16 years old -- the reason he is being tried in a juvenile court behind closed doors."
A German juvenile court is starting a trial of a 21-year-old, Shahriar J., charged with online crimes. He is accused of coercing a 13-year-old transgender youth near Seattle to hang herself during a live-stream. The suspect allegedly operated from Hamburg under the pseudonym "White Tiger" in the online abuser network "764". The FBI called the network an international child exploitation enterprise and a "network of nihilistic violent extremists." Investigators say he victimised more than 30 children in hundreds of cases. The forum shared gore and abuse material and taught members to lure, coerce and blackmail vulnerable youths into self-harm or degrading sexual content.
Read at The Local Germany
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