find out more. warning: this video contains descriptions of torture that you will find upsetting. these are just some of the thousands of videos we found on youtube of baby monkeys being abused. at the heart of this shocking torture ring was mini. that is mini. what do you want, many will do it. the people who wanted to do something to mini were part of a global online community. they found each other on youtube and then formed private groups on the messaging app telegram. here, they brainstormed and crowdfunded videos of baby monkeys being tortured. we spent months undercover, trying to identify the people involved, and track down one of the ringleaders in the us. i m the man. you want to see monkeys get messed up, i can bring it to you, but everything comes at a price. you ran one of the biggest groups in this community. correct.
posing as a potential buyer, we hunted down mini s torturer in indonesia. when you hit them, do you. do you like? we tipped off the indonesian police, who moved in to arrest him. mini, and another monkey we re calling milo, were rescued. in the uk, wejoined a police raid to arrest one of the women accused of being involved in this community. i think she s going to have a little bit of a shock this morning when she gets a knock on the door, to be fair. why baby monkeys? she was one of three women arrested under the 0bscene publications act. what was going through your mind? so these will go into a locker. activists want to strengthen the law to force social media companies to remove animal abuse. the 0nline safety bill does not
we tipped off the indonesian police, who moved in to arrest him. mini, and another monkey we re calling milo, were rescued. in the uk, wejoined a police raid to arrest one of the women accused of being involved in this community. i think she s going to have a little bit of a shock this morning when she gets a knock on the door, to be fair. why baby monkeys? she was one of three women arrested under the 0bscene publications act. what was going through your mind? so these will go into a locker. activists want to strengthen the law to force social media companies to remove animal abuse. the 0nline safety bill does not include animal torture as a specific area of concern, and i think anyone would be astonished that it s not included.
when you hit them, do you. do you like? we tipped off the indonesian police, who moved in to arrest him. mini, and another monkey we re calling milo, were rescued. in the uk, wejoined a police raid to arrest one of the women accused of being involved in this community. i think she s going to have a little bit of a shock this morning when she gets a knock on the door, to be fair. why baby monkeys? she was one of three women arrested under the obscene publications act. what was going through your mind? so these will go into a locker. activists want to strengthen the law to force social media companies to remove animal abuse. the online safety bill does not include animal torture
some high cloud. in the afternoon, we could see showers developing in devon and cornwall and also sea breeze is developing here. temperatures 15 2a, 25. if anything, it will turn more humid as we head towards the latter part of the week and temperatures will go back up. studio: we knew exactly what you meant. hot and studio: we knew exactly what you meant. hotand humid studio: we knew exactly what you meant. hot and humid altogether. three women in the uk have been arrested for their part in a global monkey torture ring which was uncovered by a bbc investigation. it isa it is a shocking story. the community began on youtube before moving into private groups on the messaging service telegram, where westerners were paying for videos of baby monkeys in indonesia to be abused and killed. rebecca henschke went undercover to find out more.