16 May 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Salinas man alleged to be the “John Doe” child predator sought in a nationwide manhunt made his initial appearance in federal court Thursday following his [more...]
8 May 2013
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agent was recognized in Washington, D.C., May 8, by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) [more...]
26 April 2013
A Te Awamutu, New Zealand, man was sentenced April 26 to preventive detention for his part in an international internet child exploitation case. The man was arrested in Christchurch (New [more...]
18 April 2013
Three new member countries have joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse. Representatives from [more...]
28 March 2013
A Calgary, Alberta, man was charged March 27 with six child pornography related offenses. The charges are a result of a joint investigation by Canada’s Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team [more...]
15 March 2013
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) working with state and territory police have exposed a network of online child predators allegedly involved in sharing and distributing child exploitation material, arresting 20 [more...]
27 February 2013
Two new industry partners have joined the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual abuse. Kids Internet [more...]
5 February 2013
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...]
5 February 2013
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...]
4 February 2013
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...]
18 January 2013
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...]
9 January 2013
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...]
7 January 2013
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...]
21 December 2012
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...]
13 December 2012
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...]
12 December 2012
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...]
10 December 2012
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...]
12 November 2012
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...]
8 November 2012
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...]
7 November 2012
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...]
