""The weaponization of children for organized crime groups is what is going on at the moment on European soil," she said. "They weaponize the children to torture or to kill. It's not about petty theft anymore. It's about big crimes. [In one] worst-case, [we've seen a young boy who was ordered] to kill his younger sister, which happened. It's cruel; we have never seen this before.""
"Europol partnered with eight countries to identify and remove thousands of incidents of hateful rhetoric shared on gaming and gaming-related platforms. Conducted on November 13 and in partnership with Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom, Europol's Referral Action Day program reportedly uncovered around 5,408 links to jihadist content, 1,070 links to violent right-wing extremist and terrorist content, and 105 links to racist and xenophobic content on a variety of unnamed gaming platforms."
Europol partnered with eight countries in a Referral Action Day on November 13, identifying and removing thousands of incidents of hateful rhetoric from gaming and gaming-adjacent platforms. The operation uncovered around 5,408 links to jihadist content, 1,070 links to violent right-wing extremist and terrorist content, and 105 links to racist and xenophobic content. Criminal networks are grooming and weaponizing children through online multiplayer chats, moving from public conversations to private servers. Groomers elicit sensitive data such as family names and home addresses, then use bribery or blackmail to coerce children into violent acts, including torture and murder. The scale and severity signal a shift from petty theft toward organized violent crime targeting minors.
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