Indian man jailed in Paris over leading online child abuse ring
A 29-year-old Indian man, Rohan Rane, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court for leading an online criminal network. The group coerced minors into producing violent and sexual content while promoting neo-Nazi and extremist ideologies.
Why it matters
This case highlights the growing threat of international online grooming rings and the challenges of policing extremist groups operating across borders on platforms like Discord.
A 29-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court for leading a masculinist group that forced young girls, many of them minors, to perform sexual acts, authorities said.
The trial of Rohan Rane began on Monday (October 5, 2026) in Paris before a special criminal court and is being held behind closed doors, the State-owned France 24 television network reported.
On Friday (October 9), the Paris court sentenced Rane, who came to France to study, to 20 years in prison over his involvement in an international criminal network that targeted vulnerable children in the U.S., Britain and Canada and coerced them into producing violent and sexual videos, the report added.
Prosecutors had sought a 30-year jail term for Rane, who they described as a neo-Nazi lover of sadism and macabre ultra-violence.
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