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Seoul police request cooperation from France to investigate Telegram


SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- The head of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said Mon...

SMPA Commissioner Kim Bong-sik made the remarks in a meeting with reporters, saying international judicial cooperation with France may take some time as it is a procedure that goes through the justice and foreign ministries. In August, French prosecutors arrested Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov and indicted him on multiple charges, including spreading child abuse images, drug trafficking and failure to comply with law enforcement requests. The SMPA has also sent an official document to Telegram saying that it began an investigation into the app prior to the indictment on charges of abetting the deepfake porn crimes.

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