Operation Hawk

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has acted against the cybercrime networks of online child sexual exploitation with international linkages.

• CBI took the action under the operation Hawk, which was launched on the basis of inputs received from the USA.

• The International Operations Division of CBI registered a case against two accused based in Delhi and Mangalore under Indian Laws.

• CBI said that during the investigation, it found that the accused were engaged in objectionable chats with minor girls from the USA, through the social media platform ‘Discord’.