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Dark Web Child Pornography Ring Exposed in North Louisiana
A 51-year-old man from Coushatta, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for accessing a ‘Dark Web’ site with the intent to view child pornography, according to a recent announcement by U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph.
Paul Andrew Talley was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for accessing the internet with intent to view child pornography. He is also required to register as a sex offender.
According to documents presented at Talley’s guilty plea hearing on April 11, 2019, law enforcement agents identified Talley’s computer as accessing a ‘Dark Web’ child porn site and being a regular user. Forensic analysis on the computer equipment seized from Talley’s home on August 20, 2015, revealed more than 2,300 images of child pornography. The images found on the computer matched the images from the ‘Dark Web’ site.
The ‘Dark Web’, also called the DarkNet, is a collection of underground marketplaces where websites selling illegal content design their sites to hide identities of users and evade law enforcement detection. For more information, visit www.fbi.gov/news/stories/a-primer-on-darknet-marketplaces.
This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a U.S. nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood combines federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.
Those concerned may leave tips with the FBI at tips.fbi.gov. Tips may be submitted anonymously. The Shreveport FBI office number is (318) 861-1890.
The FBI conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth D. Reeg prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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