7 February 2012
Today marks Safer Internet Day; an Insafe initiative celebrated every February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people [more...]
19 December 2011
Law enforcement agencies from 26 European countries, supported and coordinated by Europol, have carried out a major crackdown against online child sex abuse file-sharing networks. So far ‘Operation Icarus’ has [more...]
12 December 2011
INHOPE has launched the ‘INHOPE mobile’ application during the 3rd Annual Law Enforcement and Industry Conference held in Rome last month. The new application allows users to report illegal content [more...]
5 December 2011
November has been a busy month for VGT members, with VGT representatives presenting at a number of conferences to increase awareness of online child exploitation and address new methods to [more...]
24 November 2011
The Council of Europe and the VGT signed a cooperation agreement in Strasbourg on Tuesday, to fight online child abuse and make the internet safer for children. Welcoming the move, [more...]
23 November 2011
Child sex tourists are being warned they will end up in court after an Auckland man was found guilty of organising a tour to Thailand in a landmark case. The [more...]
7 November 2011
Countries wishing to enhance their online child protection laws will now have the opportunity, following the acceptance of a legislative global engagement strategy presented at the INTERPOL General Assembly last [more...]
6 November 2011
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) welcomes PayPal, the fifth industry partner to join the VGT alliance, to provide an even stronger presence world wide in the ongoing fight against online [more...]
31 October 2011
The VGT recently supported Operation Gondola, a global effort to take down child predators. Just last week, a Falls Church, Va., teacher was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison [more...]
5 October 2011
The ECPAT Global Youth Partnership Project (YPP) is an international initiative designed to empower and build the capacity of youth and children at risk to take the lead in the [more...]
26 September 2011
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) Board of Management (BoM) conducted its 2nd meeting for 2011 in Lyon, France at the INTERPOL headquarters between 8 – 9 September. Over the two-day [more...]
8 September 2011
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), one of the world’s largest international child protection taskforces, met at the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France this week to explore new techniques [more...]
1 September 2011
An innovative development in the world’s fight to eradicate commercial child pornography: In 2006, the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC), a US-based Non Government Organisation, together with [more...]
22 August 2011
Twin brothers, whose details were published on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Most Wanted website, are now both back behind bars in the UK, after being extradited [more...]
19 August 2011
The ThinkUKnow initiative aims to educate children, parents, carers and teachers about the risks faced online and how to create a safer online experience for young people. It is important [more...]
12 August 2011
The investigation, led by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, serves as the largest in US history. Three indictments and one complaint were unsealed on 3 August charging 72 individuals with participating [more...]
4 August 2011
The growing concern of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) for the distribution of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was discussed during the International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE) General Assembly held in [more...]
1 July 2011
Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands officially opened Europol’s new headquarters in The Hague on 1 July. The opening ceremony occurred in the presence of hundreds of senior law [more...]
1 July 2011
As Chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), the AFP has helped develop an international network of psychologists working closely with people dealing with online child sexual exploitation operations. The [more...]
23 June 2011
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) welcomes the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) alliance, as part of the ongoing fight against child [more...]
