Court in S Korea rejects US extradition of man who traded in child porn using digital currency


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He served just an 18-month sentence, and a judge ruled that he would not be extradited to the US where he could face longer incarceration. Seoul: A South Korean court on Monday rejected an extradition request by the United States for a man convicted of running one of the world's biggest child pornography websites. Son Jong-woo, the operator of the South Korea-based dark web child porn site "Welcome to Video", sold the content for digital cash around the world. He was convicted of violating South Korean child protection laws and completed an 18-month sentence in April but remained in custody...