THE HAGUE—Dutch law enforcement has seized the servers hosting the digital infrastructure and data storage for the controversial adult tube website Motherless.com, according to various news reports.
Public broadcaster NOS reports that the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service carried out warrants in conjunction with local law enforcement agencies and Europol. Motherless.com servers were seized from sites in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Steenbergen, the broadcaster noted.
According to AVN's previous reporting on the criminal case, authorities discovered that NFOrce Internet Services, a Netherlands-based web hosting company, served as the web and digital host for the content available to Motherless.com users.
Given the pressure from police, NFOrce informed the ownership of Motherless.com in May 2026 that its use was suspended pending the resolution of an internal investigation of what it classifies as an "abuse and compliance escalation."
"Following recent media publications and additional internal review, NFOrce initiated an enhanced compliance and abuse-handling review relating to Motherless.com," reads a statement published by NFOrce at the time. Motherless.com was shut down by the Dutch government that same month.
At this time, no arrests have been made. As AVN additionally reported, Motherless.com has long been a venue for illegal and non-consensual material and a platform rife with pirated content. In light of journalistic exposés published by CNN and NOS, pressure mounted on authorities in the Netherlands to take legal actions against Motherless.com.
According to the CNN investigation, the scope of abusive and unlawful content on Motherless.com was considerable. In fact, it referred to the site as a part of a global "rape academy" which included group chats of men who encouraged and planned the rape of their wives and significant others. The investigation documented instances of videos featuring gender-based violence and drug-facilitated sexual assault, include "sleep" videos where subjects were assaulted while known or believed to be under the influence of drugs.
Other instances where Motherless.com has come under regulatory scrutiny include ongoing cases of the United Kingdom's digital regulator, Ofcom, pressuring the site's ownership to comply with age verification and other online safety provisions of the sweeping Online Safety Act. As AVN also reported, Motherless was fined nearly $1.1 million by Ofcom for compliance issues.
Motherless is owned by Kick Online Entertainment, an entity registered in Luxembourg. However, Dutch authorities also take into consideration other unnamed affiliated companies to Kick operating out of other countries, including Costa Rica.
