Operation Grayskull was a multi-year global investigation that dismantled vast dark web networks exploiting children. These platforms operated like criminal corporations with hierarchies, encryption, and over 120,000 users worldwide.
The FBI, Homeland Security, Europol, and 30 nations collaborated to trace cryptocurrency transactions, rescue victims, and arrest offenders. Sentences ranged from 20 years to life for producers, moderators, and administrators. Authorities seized servers across multiple countries, exposing the industrial scale of abuse. Officials emphasized that each image represented real suffering, vowing continued pursuit of such crimes. Operation Grayskull struck a major blow against online exploitation, proving anonymity cannot shield perpetrators from justice.