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S2W Supports INTERPOL-OSCE Anti-Exploitation Operation

- Supports a joint investigation across seven European countries targeting sexual exploitation through subscription-based content platforms

- Contributes to the identification of 34 suspicious cases, 18 suspect profiles and 27 potential victims

- “We will deepen cooperation with global public-sector partners and contribute to efforts to curb transnational criminal networks”

S2W announced on the 1st that it supported Operation CyberProtect III, an international law enforcement operation co-organized by INTERPOL and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to combat transnational human trafficking and sexual exploitation facilitated through online platforms.

The operation was designed to target organized criminal networks that use content subscription services commonly associated with sexually explicit material to recruit and sexually exploit women, minors and vulnerable adults. Victims are lured with promises of income before being funneled into exploitative content production. These groups typically masquerade as legitimate modelling agencies, take control of victims’ accounts once they begin platform activity, and retain the majority of their earnings. They also apply escalating psychological pressure and coercion to compel victims to produce increasingly explicit content, while promoting coaching programmes that claim to teach others how to profit from sexual exploitation through subscription platforms.

The paywalled architecture of subscription sites and their coded language enable traffickers to evade detection, while jurisdictional fragmentation and evidentiary challenges hinder effective law enforcement responses.

Law enforcement officers from Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom took part in a ‘hackathon’, a focused event in which participants collaborate to seek solutions to a specific policing challenge using digital tools. The operation resulted in the identification of 34 suspicious cases, 18 suspect profiles and 27 potential victims.

As the only Korean partner in INTERPOL’s Gateway Initiative, a global public-private partnership programme, S2W supported the investigation using XARVIS, its security AI platform for public-sector and government agencies. The platform monitored, correlated and cross-analyzed criminal indicators dispersed across the dark web, Telegram and social media to support the investigation process. S2W has previously participated in INTERPOL-led international operations, including Operation CyberProtect II and Operation Synergia III, providing critical intelligence to help identify suspects.

David Caunter, Director of Organized and Emerging Crime at INTERPOL, said: “By bringing together officers for this collaborative approach, we have uncovered critical intelligence about how content subscription platforms are being weaponized to exploit vulnerable people. Every suspect and victim identification generates immediate investigative leads and strengthens our ability to dismantle these criminal networks and protect those at risk.”

Suh Sangduk, CEO of S2W, said: “This joint operation once again demonstrated that S2W’s data intelligence capabilities can play a meaningful role in addressing pressing public-safety challenges facing the international community. We will continue to strengthen our cooperation framework with INTERPOL and other global public-sector partners, contributing to collective efforts to curb threats posed by transnational criminal networks.”