Prosecutors say members of an alleged online sexual predator network used Telegram group chats to communicate about rapes and to obscure their activities with coded language. According to reporting, investigators examine posts spanning several years across roughly two dozen group chats on the messaging platform. Authorities describe the groups as involving mainly Chinese men in Germany who targeted mostly Chinese women, and they allege the chat members bragged about assaults and exchanged tips related to drugging victims. One reported example is that members used a cover phrase—described as “German driving school for experts”—in an attempt to make their discussions appear unrelated to sexual violence. The accounts also describe the Telegram groups as a place where participants coordinated or shared information while seeking to avoid detection. Across the outlets, the core points are that the suspects used code words in Telegram groups and that investigators believe the chats reflect an organized pattern of abuse, including alleged drugging and rape, committed against women in Germany.
Telegram chat group used code words to conceal alleged drugging and rapes
Prosecutors say members of an alleged online sexual predator network used Telegram group chats to communicate about rapes and to obscure their activities with coded language. According to reporting, i...
- Prosecutors say members used Telegram group chats over multiple years to discuss alleged sexual violence.
- Authorities describe the network as operating mainly among Chinese men targeting mostly Chinese women in Germany.
- Investigators say participants used coded language, including the phrase “German driving school for experts,” to disguise their intent.
- Reporting says the chats include allegations of bragging about rapes and exchanging tips related to drugging victims.
- Multiple group chats—described as roughly two dozen—are central to the investigation.
Investigators have been poring through several years’ worth of posts in roughly two dozen group chats on the popular messaging app that authorities believe served an online predator network of mainly Chinese men targeting mostly Chinese women in Germany.
3 hours agoThey called themselves the "German driving school for experts," but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them.
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