Virtual Global Taskforce Combatting Child Exploitation Online Welcomes Magnet Forensics
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) Combatting Child Exploitation Online welcomed Magnet Forensics, a global leader in the acquisition, analysis and reporting of digital evidence. Their application was approved following a [more…]
Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) Concludes Meeting in Colombia
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) approved a project to form a work group that includes law enforcement entities affiliated to the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) members, alongside its private and [more…]
The UAE Welcomes the Philippines Joining the Virtual Global Taskforce
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), welcomed the Philippines as a new member of the VGT the Global Alliance against online child [more…]
VGT Continues its Efforts to Foster Child Protection
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) chaired by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will convene an official meeting in the Colombian city of Cartagena during 4-7 April 2016. The meeting will [more…]
VGT Welcomes the Child Rescue Coalition
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) welcomed the Child Rescue Coalition, the newest partner to join the alliance with the aim of promoting the efforts in the ongoing fight against online [more…]
VGT Welcomes Web-IQ from the Netherlands
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) welcomed the Netherlands company Web-IQ specialized in online information, into its organization to protect children against online sexual exploitation. The Web-IQ application was approved following [more…]
The VGT Child Sexual Exploitation Environmental Scan 2015
Strategic priorities for the Virtual Global Task Force (VGT) Board of Management (BoM) were announced today in a report commissioned by the BoM from The Europol-European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). The [more…]
UAE Welcomes ICDL GCC to VGT
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the current chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), welcomed the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) GCC as a new member of the VGT the [more…]
UAE assumes chair of Virtual Global Taskforce
The United Arab Emirates assumed chair today of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual exploitation [more…]
VGT announces over 300 arrests from Operation Atlas
Members of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) today announced the results of Operation Atlas, a global initiative to highlight investigations being conducted by VGT law enforcement members into the sharing [more…]
Colombian National Police Cases
Operation OPEN YOUR EYES During a search warrant on Nov. 12, 2014, five adults were arrested in Cucuta, Colombia for pimping minors and pornography with minors. This criminal network used [more…]
UAE to chair Virtual Global Taskforce
SYDNEY, Australia – The Ministry of Interior for the United Arab Emirates was selected this week as the next chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of [more…]
New VGT partner Kik Takes Steps to Combat Exploitation of Minors
Kik Interactive has taken two important steps towards preventing exploitation of minors in its chat app, Kik. The Waterloo-based company has become the first Canadian company to adopt Microsoft PhotoDNA [more…]
International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children hosts Inaugural Gala for Child Protection Thursday, May 7
The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), a non-profit organization working to empower and equip the global community to protect children from sexual abuse, exploitation and abduction, will [more…]
International Effort Leads to Rescue of 22-month-old Romanian Baby being molested
This weekend, special agents and investigators in the United States and European Union scrambled to rescue a 22-month-old Romanian baby after learning that she was being sexually abused. It was [more…]
Two teens rescued from suspected British child sex offender
Two teenagers were rescued from a hotel room in the Philippines following an international investigation into a British man who has been charged with child sex offenses. The Philippine teenagers [more…]
First Latin American Country to Join Virtual Global Taskforce
Colombia is the latest country to join the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), an international alliance of law enforcement and private sector agencies dedicated to combating online child sexual exploitation and [more…]
Europol Training Course to Further Strengthen the Combating of Sexual Exploitation of Children on the Internet
Europol held its fifteenth “Europol Training Course on Combating the Sexual Exploitation of Children on the Internet (COSEC),” Oct. 6-14, in Selm, Germany. The course provided training for 58 representatives [more…]
Fighting Child Trafficking: A Main Priority for EU Law Enforcement
Children are one of the most vulnerable groups targeted by the organised criminal groups involved in trafficking human beings (THB). Europol, in cooperation with EU law enforcement authorities and its [more…]
Minister Opstelten: tackle child abuse on the international level
The fight against sexual abuse of children on the Internet is an international matter and the National Police of the Netherlands have joined the international platform of countries, investigative services [more…]