UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Alex Nagle Head of Harm Reduction

What do we do? We work in partnership to protect children and young people from exploitation – from the e-world to the real world

Aims and Objectives To identify, locate and protect children and young people from sexual exploitation and online abuse – both in the UK and globally To engage and empower children, young people, parents and the community through information and education To protect children and young people through the provision of specialist information and support to professionals families and industry and community To enforce the law by bringing offenders to justice and acting to disrupt and deter future offending To enhance existing responses to the sexual exploitation and online abuse of children and young people by developing a safe by design online environment and refining the management of offenders

Our faculty approach Intelligence Assessment, disseminations, offender management, travelling offenders, missing offenders Harm Reduction Education, training, public awareness, victim identification, international child trafficking and behavioural analysis Operations Forensics, joint investigations, financial desk, covert capability

Working together Founder member of Virtual Global taskforce (VGT) – Australia, Canada, Italy, UK, US and Interpol UK awareness node of European Safer Internet Programme Member of the UK’s Home Secretary’s Taskforce for Child Protection on the Internet

Achievements 112 children rescued from abuse 173 offenders arrested 12 of UK’s high risk offenders located 3 organised paedophile rings smashed 5 of 8 “most wanted” located 5,553 referrals 1.1m children/young people trained - UK (11-16) 4,700 trainers delivering TUK

TUK - Statistics 55% access the internet everyday 47% for an hour or more 21% liked IM/Chat the most 15% used gaming sites 11% used Social Networking sites 33% had access in their bedrooms 25% have met someone offline 83% have taken another child

Contact Areas

Thinkuknow Products / Resources Thinkuknow flash presentation with supporting materials Ages Contains award winning awareness films Statistics Requires training to deliver Split into 3 main areas Supported with Posters and Leaflets

‘Report Abuse’ in action

Children at risk online from offenders Case study 1 (traditional perception of grooming by press etc): Young person being groomed through lies re gender / age etc Manipulated into sexual relationship/ friendship

Educational Films: Social Networking Film

Ambassador Training Price £ (Full day course) It will give you an in depth look at not only young peoples use of the internet and mobile technology, but also examine how offenders use the online environment to groom young people. The training will give both a law enforcement and education perspective Training on all Thinkuknow Educational resources You will have the ability to cascade TUK training to your colleagues.

SID 2008 – Get your school involved 11 th – 22 nd February Run one or more of the FREE DOWNLOADABLE CEOP school assemblies Creative and innovative assemblies addressing internet and mobile safety that only take a maximum of 15 minutes! You will be able to download the assembly presentation and instructions from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre’s young people website: The assemblies will be available for download from Mid January 2008