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Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation

the European Approach
Europol
Rob Wainwright
Director

The Threats
Number of URLs
containing CSE
material (acc. To
INHOPE)

P2P

Live streaming

Commercialisation

90000
80000
70000

Growing technological
competence

60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
2012

Threats

2013

2014

Online solicitation

Developments
Live abuse
Identification of
offenders

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Increased exposure to
online threats

and the challenges

Different jurisdictions

Coordination

Identification
Dismantling networks

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Evidence

TOR Hidden Service

Operations

production of sexual abuse

material with over 100,000
members
Admission on production of
new material
Operational team at Europol
Europol, Australia, USA,
Denmark, Sweden and
many other Member States
Tracking and location of
moderators and
administrators
Coordination of arrests
Covert collection of 500 user
profiles
100 high profile users
identified
6 users in Denmark (3 high
profile users)

Victim Identification Task

Force

Operation PACIFIER

production of sexual abuse

material with over 400,000
members
USE of TOR Hidden Service
Successful infiltration and
technical investigation
Administrator located
Site taken down and
contents secured
3229 cases generated by
Europol
Denmark: 34 cases

Experts from EU Member

States, including Denmark
Task Force examines material
gathered during a joint
operation
Danish expert identifies
victim in Italy based on this
material
Suspect arrested and 3
victims identified and saved

Cooperation via Europol

EU-wide intelligence picture

Support for coordination of operational actions
Access to international law enforcement community during operations in the
Headquarters
EU-wide, large-scale data systems and powerful analytical tools
Safe haven for Member States information
Secure handling of large data volumes
Forensic expertise
Communication platforms for practitioners
Denmark one of the main providers of Europol Information System (EIS)
Effective and efficient
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