17,905 reports of child exploitation received by AFP in 2018. Each report can contain hundreds and thousands of images and videos.
There are more than one million persistent profiles within hidden services sites, where victims are re-victimised many hundreds of times a day.
Every 5 minutes a webpage shows a child being sexually abused.
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The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children received more than 18.4 million CyberTip reports in 2018.
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No region is untouched by this crime and no country is immune.
The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) provides a consistent, holistic and coordinated response to counter the online exploitation of children in Australia.
The ACCCE is built on four pillars (4Ps) to Prevent, Prepare, Pursue and Protect children against online exploitation.
Prevent
- Collaborate to prevent exploitation
- Foster industry and community participation
- Research, educate and understand
Prepare
- Become Future Ready
- Innovate and evolve capability
- Early intervention from exploitation
Pursue
- Identify victims and remove from harm
- Investigate and prosecute offenders
- Disrupt and dismantle exploitative networks
- Coordinate responses to threats
- Seize criminal assets
Protect
- Team up with industry to protect children from exploitation
- Help to protect victims from further abuse
- Protect the wellbeing of members
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