"A man accused of luring children worldwide into a sadistic online abuse network has been charged by German prosecutors with hundreds of crimes, including murder, for the livestreamed death of a 13-year-old American. Using the pseudonym White Tiger, the 21-year-old man from Hamburg is alleged to have victimised more than 30 children with online sexual abuse, manipulation and exploitation as a part of a virtual network of abusers known as 764."
"Prosecutors in Hamburg announced 204 criminal charges against the German-Iranian man, including allegations of committing one murder and five attempted murders as an indirect perpetrator. White Tiger would find vulnerable children and adolescents in online chats or games, develop a bond to groom them for abuse, then exploit them into producing sexual content and harming themselves on video, authorities said. The man was arrested at his parents' home in June."
"The Zeit newspaper reported that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the US had alerted German authorities in 2021 to an apparently Hamburg-based predator using the name White Tiger. According to Zeit, NCMEC provided a roughly 40-page document containing chat transcripts from the online platform Discord in which White Tiger demanded photos from two young girls, urging them to harm themselves and suggesting they take their own lives."
A 21-year-old German-Iranian man using the pseudonym White Tiger faces 204 criminal charges, including one murder and five attempted murders as an indirect perpetrator. Allegations state he victimised more than 30 children worldwide between January 2021 and September 2023 through online sexual abuse, grooming, manipulation and exploitation as part of a virtual abuser network called 764. He allegedly coerced a 13-year-old US boy into killing himself in 2022, which was livestreamed. Identified victims include eight children aged 11 to 15 from Germany, England, Canada and the US. German authorities arrested him at his parents' home in June. A 2021 NCMEC alert with Discord chat transcripts raised earlier warnings and prompted questions about investigative timing.
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