Document Type

Report

Publication Date

12-20-2025

First Page

1

Last Page

15

Abstract

In April 2025, U.S. authorities arrested two alleged leaders of 764, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen residing in Greece and a 20-year-old U.S. citizen from North Carolina. They were arrested on charges of operating an international child-exploitation enterprise, in connection with the online terrorist network ‘764’. US Attorney General Pamela Bondi described the group as “one of the most heinous online child exploitation enterprises we have ever encountered – a network built on terror, abuse, and the deliberate targeting of children”. The arrests marked a significant development in federal efforts to disrupt and dismantle the network, while simultaneously underscoring the scale of the problem. In December 2025, the FBI reported that it was actively conducting more than 350 investigations connected to 764 and other nihilist violent extremist (NVE) groups, while the number of victims is estimated to reach into the thousands globally and new cases continue to emerge. Internationally, Canada is the first country to officially designate 764 as a terrorist entity under its Criminal Code thereby granting authorities expanded legal tools to disrupt their activities. In the absence of a similar U.S. designation, prosecutors are limited in the types of charges that can be applied to offenders. This 764 research report briefly describes the nature of this emergent threat, including its origin, structure and ideology, and summarizes the current state of federal charges in the U.S. linked to 764.

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