Operation Lobos 1

Most of what is known about the operation was gathered as a result of Portuguese and later Brazilian authorities conducting press conferences and issuing press releases boasting about their success and participation in what Brazilian authorities described as an "unprecedented" joint operation with the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United Kingdom's (UK) National Crime Agency (NCA).

The initial crimes cited by Brazilian authorities in order to establish the validity of the investigation under the Brazilian Criminal Code were: During the time the Tor Onion services were active, starting in early March 2019, the NCA and their partners conducted traffic analysis under the Targeted Equipment Interference (TEI) warrants 91-TEI-0147-2019 and 91-TEI-0146-2019[7] Despite the notification to the United States on 16 September 2019, that "at no time was any computer or device interference with in the United States" and that the "UK did not access, search or seize any data from any computer in the United States," there are legal challenges to these statements that, as of February 2024, have not been resolved.

(see UK NCA's Operation Venetic) Citing the Silver-Platter issues, a half dozen people charged in the U.S. have filed motions to suppress all evidence obtained from what they believe were illegal search warrants.

Lucas Batista Santos was arrested on 6 June 2019 in Sao Paula Brazil[8] for his work in maintaining the servers for the Tor Onion Services Baby Heart, Hurt-meh, Boyvids 4.0, Anjos Prohibidos (BR)/Forbidden Angels, and Loli Lust.

The names of the operation in each country has not been published as of February 2024, however, many of the people alleged to have visited the sites have been prosecuted in the years following as a result of a lead or a tip from a foreign law enforcement agency.