Members of a sexual predator network on Telegram tried to hide their crimes with code words
The defendant covering his face in the court during a trial against an online predator network of men accused of using chat groups to share tips on how to drug and rape women, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
BERLIN (AP) — They called themselves the “German driving school for experts,” but prosecutors say the true purpose of their Telegram chats was to brag about the women they raped and share tips about how to drug them.
In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred to women as “cars,” sedatives as “fuel” and rape as “driving,” according to court documents. They called their victims “dead pigs.”
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