Michael Macartney, 50, confessed to the BBC his role in an extreme monkey torture network.

A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors.

Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias “Torture King”, was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos.

Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups.

Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation.

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Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram.

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    8 months ago

    At the same time that I’m not surprised this stuff is on YouTube, I’m shocked at how brazen the criminals are to upload this shit to a public website.
    We’d think the way these things operate are all Hollywood style, deep-web websites with passwords, 7 proxies, invitations and initiations to “join the club”

    Well geez, I guess sometimes it’s just Telegram Groups and fucking YouTube.

    And let me guess, YouTube is moving at an snail’s pace when it comes to removing the videos and banning the channels uploading them, eh?