Europol action in 26 countries, three children are saved from sexual abuse

2023-11-25 10:20:00, Kronika CNA

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Three children, victims of sexual abuse, have been identified and taken into custody after an action by Europol and Interpol , while two perpetrators have also been arrested.

Also, 33 specialists from 26 different countries were engaged for this action.

The operation was carried out as part of the 13th edition of the Europol Victim Identification Task Force and is a Europol initiative aimed at identifying victims and offenders featured in child sexual abuse materials.

Since 2014, Europol has regularly brought together victim identification experts from around the world to focus on unsolved child sexual abuse cases. Over 695 children have been protected and 228 offenders have been arrested as a result of the operations.

This operation that spread to several countries such as Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Europol has appealed that through an official website like https:// www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse citizens can see if they recognize any identifiable features or individuals in the images published by this agency.

Europol periodically releases new photo series containing non-confrontational details of images taken from child sexual abuse cases in the hope that someone will recognize a detail that will help locate the victim./ CNA