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Aaron Rogan, Senior Ireland Reporter

Eric Eoin Marques is wanted by American authorities to face charges relating to advertising and distributing child sexual abuse imagesPADDY CUMMINS/PCPHOTO

The justice minister should have established why an Irishman described by the FBI as the "largest facilitator of child pornography" was not being prosecuted in Ireland, the High Court has heard.

Eric Eoin Marques, alleged to be the owner and administrator of a site on the dark web known as Freedom Hosting, is wanted by American authorities to face charges relating to advertising and distributing child sexual abuse images.

The charges relate to images on more than a hundred anonymous websites depicting the rape and torture of children. Mr Marques, who has no criminal record, is alleged to have made more than €1 million from the business.

The suspect, 31, who has dual Irish and US citizenship, has been in custody since his arrest in…

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Source: Minister targeted as 'dark web host' fights extradition