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Indian national Rohan Rane (L) appears during his trial for having run a masculinist discussion group and allegedly forcing minors in which young girls, most of them minors, were forced to engage in sexual acts online and to mutilate themselves, at the assizes courthouse in Paris. AFP
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Firstpost•10-10-2026, 20:02
Indian Man Sentenced to 20 Years in France for Leading Minor Abuse Ring
  • •A 29-year-old Indian man named Rohan Rane was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Paris court for leading an international masculinist abuse group.
  • •The criminal network, known as CVLT, targeted vulnerable children mainly in the US, Britain and Canada, forcing them into producing violent sexual videos.
  • •Prosecutors described Rane as a neo-Nazi lover of sadism who used the Discord platform to lead the group before his arrest in France in 2021.
  • •The court found Rane guilty of extortion by an organized gang with aggravating circumstances of torture and barbarity against minor victims.

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A Paris court sentenced Rohan Rane to 20 years in prison for leading an international criminal network that abused vulnerable children.

Rane was found guilty of offenses including extortion committed as part of an organized gang, with aggravating circumstances involving acts of torture and barbarity.

Active ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Discord platform, the group was driven by extreme ideologies and coerced young girls in the US, Britain, and Canada into producing violent and sexual videos.