Police infiltrate New Zealand paedophile ring, saving four children
Police across the New Zealand have smashed an alleged paedophile ring, saving four children from further abuse and making 35 referrals to overseas jurisdictions. Detective Senior Sergeant (D/S/S) John Michael, [more...]
AFP and ACMA sign agreement to target online child sex crime
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to help combat the flow of child abuse [more...]
Alarming New Trend in Online Sexual Abuse: Deadly combination of factors leads to children’s vulnerability
Child sex offenders are grooming children over the internet for the sole purpose of online sexual abuse – an alarming new trend highlighted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Child Exploitation [more...]
HSI PRESENTS AWARD TO PROSECUTOR FOR ASSISTING WITH CASE IN WHICH HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN WERE RESCUED WORLDWIDE
A federal prosecutor, who has a well-earned reputation for successfully prosecuting cases investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Boston, received top honors from [more...]
Massachusetts man gets 45 years for ‘Dreamboard’ child pornography role
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison Jan. 8 for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which produced and disseminated depictions of [more...]
123 SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN IDENTIFIED BY HSI DURING ‘OPERATION SUNFLOWER’
One hundred twenty-three victims of child sexual exploitation were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents during an international operation aimed at rescuing [more...]
HSI’S NATIONAL SEARCH FOR ‘JANE DOE’ ENDS WITH ARREST OF FLORIDA WOMAN
The nationwide search for a “Jane Doe” suspected child pornographer, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), ended with the arrest of an Okaloosa County, Fla., [more...]
VIRTUAL GLOBAL TASKFORCE ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse, has voted in four new organizations as members. The Korean National Police and Indonesian National [more...]
TWO MEN JAILED FOR CRIMINAL ABUSE OF 110 CHILDREN WORLDWIDE
Two brothers who worked together to use the internet to sexually abuse 110 children around the world, including 78 in the United Kingdom (UK), were jailed in Kuwait Dec. 12 [more...]
ICE TO CHAIR VIRTUAL GLOBAL TASKFORCE: Australian Federal Police reflects on accomplishments of the last three years
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) was appointed chair this week in Abu Dhabi of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of 18 law [more...]
ECPAT INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATES IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM IN AZERBAIJAN
ECPAT International organized workshops , led sessions and made interventions in series of workshops focusing on child protection online at the recently concluded Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. [more...]
TOURISM COMPANIES JOIN FORCES WITH THE CODE TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEX TOURISM
Four of the world’s leading tourism companies together with GIZ and The Code launched a joint project to combat child sex tourism: TUI Travel; Accor group; Kuoni Group and ITB [more...]
TRAVELLERS WITHIN SOUTHEAST ASIA WANT CHILD SAFE TOURISM EDUCATION
Tourists to and within the Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam want to be better educated about child safe tourism according to a report issued by [more...]
ICE WARNS ABOUT THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES OF ENGAGING IN CHILD SEX TOURISM
American tourists, with twisted overseas travel plans to engage in child sex tourism, may think they are beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement. However, they should know that it [more...]
OPERATION SNAPSHOT LEADS TO 30 INVESTIGATIONS OF ON-LINE CHILD PREDATORS
The RCMP’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (CPCMEC) announced the results of its multi-agency investigative operation targeting online child predators. As part of Operation Snapshot, one child [more...]
THE CODE HOLDS FREE WORKSHOP ON PREVENTING CHILD SEX TOURISM
The Code is holding two free workshops in Thailand in November to discuss ways to protect children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism. The Code is a VGT partner [more...]
‘DREAMBOARD’ MEMBER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR EXPLOITING CHILDREN
A United States man was sentenced to life in prison this month for participating in an international criminal network for sexually abusing children, known as Dreamboard, following an investigation by [more...]
ICMEC TO TRAIN OFFICERS IN BANGKOK SEPTEMBER 18-21
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) is a leading global service agency working to protect children from sexual exploitation and abduction. Among its many programs, ICMEC works [more...]
ARRESTS MADE LEADING INTO NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION WEEK
Victoria Police has combined forces with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to charge 20 offenders with more than 45 offences relating to online child exploitation in less than a month. [more...]
Project Childhood
Project Childhood is an Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) initiative to combat the sexual exploitation of children in tourism in the Mekong sub-region. Project Childhood builds on Australia’s long-term [more...]
