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Paris court jails Indian man for leading sadist neo-Nazi cult that tortured girls

France 249 October 2026, 19:45 UTCUnited States of America

A 29-year-old Indian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday in a Paris trial over his alleged involvement in an international criminal network that targeted vulnerable children in the US, Britain and Canada and coerced them into producing violent and sexual videos.

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