Four men, members of an online neo-Nazi group, have been charged with running an international child exploitation ring. They used the internet to groom vulnerable children into producing sexually explicit and abusive content, and then blackmailed them into continuing.
Four members of an online neo-Nazi group have been accused of running an international child exploitation ring. The men are alleged to have used the internet to groom vulnerable children into producing videos of sexual acts and self-harm, which were then used to blackmail victims. The indictment, reached January 17 and unsealed Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice, reveals horrifying details about the acts the men are accused of coercing 16 minors into performing.
This child pornography sometimes involved the use of pets or other children, or insertion of foreign objects like knives or cacti into their genitals. The various means of degradation the men allegedly used to groom the children into producing this violent and sexual content are equally appalling. Victims were encouraged to engage in increasingly dehumanizing acts, including cutting and eating their own hair, drinking their urine, punching themselves, calling themselves racial slurs, and using razor blades to carve CVLT members’ names into their skin. The men are accused of exploiting children's vulnerabilities, such as mental health challenges or prior sexual abuse, to break down their willpower and resistance. When victims hesitated, resisted or threatened to tell parents or authorities, the men would use various forms of blackmail to retain power over them. This included threatening to distribute the child pornography or the child's and their family's personally identifiable information to the public. When children refused to comply, the group would sometimes follow through with these threats. Rane, Walker and Merritt are accused of acting as leaders in the group by hosting and running CVLT's online servers and controlling membership to the group. Walker and Borge were arrested Thursday. Rane has been in custody in France since 2022, where he was previously charged with several child exploitation offenses. Merritt is serving a 50-year sentence in Virginia for child sex abuse crimes committed in 2020 and 2021. This case is being investigated by local, national and international law enforcement agencies
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