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Indian National Rohan Rane Faces Trial in France Over Alleged Online Abuse Network CVLT
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Moneycontrol•06-10-2026, 18:20
Indian National Rohan Rane Faces Trial in France Over Alleged Online Abuse Network CVLT
- •Rohan Rane, a 29-year-old Indian national, is facing trial in Paris for allegedly helping run CVLT, a global online network accused of sexually abusing and coercing minors.
- •The network operated through Discord, promoting neo-Nazism and nihilism while targeting vulnerable teenage girls aged 12 to 18 across multiple countries for extortion and extreme abuse.
- •Rane faces 12 serious charges in France, including torture, organised extortion, and dissemination of child sexual abuse material, carrying potential prison sentences of up to 30 years.
- •The international investigation began in late 2020 after the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flagged disturbing material involving a 12-year-old girl.
- •The US has also issued an extradition request for Rane, where a separate conviction could potentially lead to life imprisonment.
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Rohan Rane faces 12 charges in a Paris court, which include torture or acts of barbarity against a minor, organised extortion, corruption of a minor, and the possession and dissemination of child sexual abuse material.
Operating through Discord, network members searched social media for vulnerable teenage girls, persuaded them to send intimate images, and used that material to blackmail, extort, and coerce them into severe abuse and self-harm.
The investigation began in November 2020 after the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children passed material to authorities, including a video of a 12-year-old girl being instructed to carve the name Rohan into her body.
