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15,857 reports of child exploitation received by AFP since 1 January 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 7 minutes a webpage shows a child being sexually abused.
45 children have been removed from harm since the ACCCE was established on 1 July 2018.
The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children has received more than 10.2 million CyberTip reports, a marked increase from 1.1 million three years ago.
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

Collaborative efforts to reduce child exploitation material

07 Nov 2018 1:54pm

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) co-hosted the Child Exploitation Material (CEM) Reduction Research Program Roundtable on 1 November 2018 in...

ACCCE is launched

03 Sep 2018 11:05am

The battle against child exploitation and abuse will be substantially boosted with the opening of the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in Brisbane today.Visit the Minister for Home...

A national centre to counter child exploitation and abuse

06 Nov 2018 11:54am

The Turnbull Government will establish a national centre to counter child exploitation and abuse.The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) will drive a national effort to combat a global...