Child porn accused to be extradited to face US charges

An Irishman described by the FBI as “the largest facilitator of child porn in the world” is to be extradited to the US. Eric Eoin Marques, aged 30, with an address at Mountjoy Square, Dublin, is alleged to be the owner and administrator of an anonymous hosting site known as Freedom Hosting.

The US authorities want him to face charges of conspiring to distribute and advertise child pornography and advertising and distributing child pornography.

The State had sought to surrender him to US authorities while Marques sought a judicial review of the DPP’s decision not to prosecute him in this country.