76 children saved from sex 乱用 through online pictures

Last updated at 11:07 11 June 2007

Ten children have been 救助（する）d over the past year after 存在 traced through 手がかり（を与える）s in online pictures of them 存在乱用d, police have said.

A その上の 66 children in the UK have been saved from 乱用 or the direct 脅し of it thanks to the work of the Child 開発／利用 and Online 保護 Centre (CEOP).

Many of the children were identified by their 直面するs which were matched to a electronic database of those at 危険 or through 手がかり（を与える）s in the images themselves.

The successes were 明らかにする／漏らすd in the first 年次の報告（する）／憶測 by CEOP, an 機関始める，決める up to 保護する children from 乱用 both online and どこかよそで.

Jim 賭事, 長，率いる of the CEOP, said his officers are 取引，協定ing with 3,000 事例／患者s of child 乱用.

But speaking about the 救助（する）d children, he said: "These are 76 推論する／理由s why this is the best 職業 I have ever had."

Mr 賭事 said the world is becoming ますます敵意を持った to child sex 違反者／犯罪者s and they are finding using the internet harder and harder.

He said: "Our 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う pool is 焦点（を合わせる）d on those individuals who go online and operate at the 最高の，を越す level, who are trying to engage and 誘惑する children.

"They are 伴う／関わるd in paedophile （犯罪の）一味s who 株（警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about where you can 接近 a child in the real world."

Mr 賭事 said CEOP has received 2,500 報告（する）／憶測s of 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd child 乱用 activity online since its 開始する，打ち上げる in April 2006.

Half of those 報告（する）／憶測s were made by children 老年の under 18, with parents also 接触するing the 機関 on many occasions.

He said CEOP, which is linked to the Serious Organised 罪，犯罪機関 (Soca), has 焦点（を合わせる）d its work on 275 very high-危険違反者／犯罪者s.

Mr 賭事 said 研究 by his organisation 設立する that as many as one in four children is now 会合 someone in person whom they first met online.

And he 追加するd that eight out of 10 of those children are taking another child with them, putting more young people at 危険.

The CEOP 年次の報告（する）／憶測 also 明らかにする／漏らすd:

? Twelve of the UK's highest 危険 child sex 違反者／犯罪者s have been 位置を示すd as a direct result of CEOP 控訴，上告s and 調査s;

? Three organised paedophile （犯罪の）一味s, 伴う／関わるing up to 800 people, have been 粉砕するd by the 機関's work;

? 調査s led to the 逮捕（する） of 83 申し立てられた／疑わしい sex 違反者／犯罪者s over the last 12 months;

? More than 750,000 children 老年の between 11 and 15 have …に出席するd online safety 会談.

Home Office 大臣 Vernon Coaker said: "In a time of 科学技術の前進するs and greater computer use, we are pleased with the organisation's 現在進行中の success in 保護するing children through empowerment and bringing to 司法（官） those that prey on one of the most 攻撃を受けやすい groups in society."