‘Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object’ was established by Europol in 2017.
The initiative asks you to help identify objects extracted from the background of sexual abuse material involving children. Successful identifications can dramatically enhance law enforcement’s ability to identify and locate both the victims and offenders.
Once we receive your report, our specialist team of victim identification officers will assess the information and inform the relevant law enforcement agencies for further investigation.
The Europol, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other countries law enforcement agencies are committed to outsmarting serious crime and striving to be one step ahead, because the world we live in demands it, and our community expects it.
What have the results been so far?
‘Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object’ was launched on 3 March 2021. As at 30 August 2023, the Australian Community has visited the dedicated webpages more than 192 782 times resulting in more than 900 reports received. While still in its early stages, the reports received so far are of tremendous value to our investigators, resulting in:
- Several investigative leads
- Vendors of the specific objects assisting with investigations
- Reporting of abuse from brave members of the public having seen released images online
- Even more reports of child sexual abuse un-related to the images have been submitted on the EUROPOL website.
Most importantly, the images have facilitated increased awareness and discussion into online child sexual exploitation among the community. The fight is not over and we still need your help, we encourage you to spread the word and share these images.
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