A former French spy has been apprehended in eastern France on suspicion of facilitating crimes against children in Africa, especially in Kenya.
According to Strasbourg Public Prosecutor Clarisse Taron, the suspect was apprehended on Monday and was remanded in custody on Friday, July 25.
The retired intelligence agent, who often travelled to Kenya for work, was charged with aggravated human trafficking, rape and sexual assault of minors, and capture, import, and dissemination of a pornographic image of a minor.
According to a report by the French daily Le Parisien, the 58-year-old is suspected of having paid for and remotely orchestrated sexual abuse and filmed scenes that he then consumed.
