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‘He had a lot of profiles’: The rise of online drug
After discovering her husband had spent years drugging, raping, and filming her to share the footage online, survivor Zoe Watts launched a campaign against
Ce qu'il faut retenir
- Zoe Watts's husband drugged, raped, and filmed her, sharing the images on multiple online profiles.
- Britain's National Crime Agency has identified 270 members of an international network organizing drug-facilitated sexual assault.
- Europol's Project Medusa has identified 156 perpetrators and victims from another network.
- Online networks facilitating these crimes may involve tens of thousands of participants globally, with some Telegram groups reaching 70,000 members.
- The real or perceived anonymity of the internet allows perpetrators to detach themselves from the harmful consequences of their actions.
After discovering her husband had spent years drugging, raping, and filming her to share the footage online, survivor Zoe Watts launched a campaign against drug-facilitated sexual assault. Her efforts have connected her with survivors from 22 nations, shedding light on a massive, highly organized global network of online-facilitated abuse operating on encrypted platforms like Telegram.
Leurs propres mots
“He sat me down one evening and told me what he was doing. I think he always had a thing for risky behaviour, and this was part of this cat-and-mouse game he was playing with me.”
“This is similar in some ways to other organised crimes which require platforms upon which to operate and profit, communication and rule enforcement, [as well as] entrenched belief systems [such as] misogyny.”
Les chiffres clés
- 11
- Years of imprisonment for Zoe Watts's ex-husband
- 270
- Members identified in a UK NCA international network
- 156
- Perpetrators and victims identified by Europol's Project Medusa
- 72
- Men recruited online by Gisele Pelicot's husband
- 70,000
- Members in identified Telegram groups
Le fil des événements
- Zoe Watts's ex-husband sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment
- Gisele Pelicot case receives global attention in France
- CNN investigation exposes 'rape academy' operating on Telegram
- Watts and Amanda Stanhope launch campaign against assault
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Questions fréquentes
- Que s'est-il passé avec Zoe Watts's campaign against drug-facilitated sexual assault networks ?
- Zoe Watts's husband drugged, raped, and filmed her, sharing the images on multiple online profiles.
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- Retrouvez le rapport complet sur al_jazeera.
