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<br>BERLIN, May 3 (Reuters) - German police have uncovered one of the world's largest underground websites for child pornography with more than 400,000 users and  [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market links] arrested four people connected to the platform,  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark markets 2024] prosecutors said on Monday.<br> <br>The "BOYSTOWN" platform has existed since at least June 2019 and  darkmarkets was only accessible via the so-called [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market], the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office and the BKA Federal Police said in a statement.<br> <br>The website has more than 400,000 users and was used for the worldwide exchange of child pornography.<br><br>It enabled members to retrieve child pornography content and exchange footage with each other in chat areas as well as via voice channels.<br> <br>"Among the images and video recordings shared were also recordings of the most severe sexual abuse of young children," prosecutors said.<br> <br>Police arrested three main suspects, who are accused of operating and  [https://mydarkmarket.com dark market link] maintaining the platform,  [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet market] [https://mydarkmarket.com darknet markets onion address] during raids on seven properties in mid-April.<br> <br>The suspects are a 40-year-old man living in Paderborn in western Germany, a 49-year-old man from the Munich area and a 58-year-old man from northern Germany who has been living in South America for several years, police said.<br> <br>A fourth man, a 64-year-old from Hamburg, has also been arrested on suspicion of having registered as a member of the platform in July 2019 and having posted over 3,500 contributions on the site, making him one of the most active users.<br> <br>Following the raids, the BOYSTOWN platform has been taken down, police said.<br> <br>(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Giles Elgood)<br>