5. Buried hard drives
Greg flies to Portugal to assist in the arrest of a prolific paedophile, who has been running a site on the dark web dedicated to the abuse of very young children.
Pete and Greg have learnt about a paedophile calling himself 鈥淭winkle鈥, who runs a website dedicated to sharing images of very young children.
At first, they have no idea who he is or where he could be, but slowly Twinkle gives himself away. Working with investigators in Brazil and Portugal the agents discover that Twinkle is a young man living in rural Portugal. Greg flies out to assist with the arrest and discovers some very disturbing scenes.
This episode talks about child sexual abuse from the very start, and includes some upsetting scenes.
For further information on the issues raised in the programme, contact support organisations in your own country. For a list of organisations in the UK that can provide support go to bbc.co.uk/actionline.
Reporter and Presenter: Sam Piranty
Writer and Producer: Annabel Deas
Script advice: Matt Willis
Sound design: Neil Churchill
Composer: Rob Lewis
Executive Producer: Rebecca Henschke
Commissioning Senior Producer: Sarah Green
Commissioning Editor: Jon Manel
The Darkest Web is a 麻豆社 Eye production for the 麻豆社 World Service.
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