Interpol is effective in nabbing what Australian law enforcement agencies might otherwise be unable to assist with

Crimes against children


Child exploitation on the Internet ranges from posed photos to visual recordings of brutal sexual crimes. Given the global reach of the Internet, the posting of child abuse material online constitutes an international crime and demands concerted collaboration worldwide.

INTERPOL provides a central point of contact for police around the world, enabling investigators to work more effectively on a local, national and international level.

International Child Sexual Exploitation image database

Managed by INTERPOL, the International Child Sexual Exploitation image database (ICSE DB) is a powerful intelligence and investigative tool which allows specialized investigators to share data with colleagues across the world.

Available through INTERPOL's secure global police communications system (I-247), the ICSE DB uses sophisticated image comparison software to make connections between victims and places.

Backed by the G8 and funded by the European Commission, ICSE DB was launched in March 2009 as the successor to the INTERPOL Child Abuse Image Database (ICAID) which had been in use since 2001. ICSE DB builds on the success of ICAID while bringing a number of benefits, notably in enabling authorized users in member countries to access the database directly and in real time, thereby providing immediate responses to queries.

Operational support

Operationally, INTERPOL co-ordinates large-scale investigations involving multiple member countries and provides training, intelligence, analysis and technical advice. The Organization also encourages countries to issue INTERPOL Green notices, alerting the international policing community to serious child offenders, particularly those who are likely to repeat these crimes in other countries.

International partnerships

INTERPOL works in partnership with a number of organizations, including CIRCAMP (the COSPOL Internet Related Child Abuse Material Project) and the Virtual Global Taskforce:








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Why are Australian law enforcement agencies often motivated by external tip-offs/probes from off shore agencies such as INTERPOL, FBI, when it comes to nabbing whats occurring right under their very noses?

Despite many sending them information over the years well before external agencies have intervened?

Well, irrespective of the reasons, the thing is, it's often an external agency who gets the ball rolling when it comes to nabbing our own grubs...rendering our authorities obliged to investigate.




This is why I skip the middle man, and direct my inquiries to external others more likely to investigate at arms length.

Our own law enforcement agencies have very short arms you see, this and don't like treading on their own toes.

When you think about our larger scale child porn busts, who in most cases are responsible for having initiated home grown inquiries?

And I'm not referring to grubby old uncle knobby around the corner with a few pics on his lap top, I'm referring to the large-scale international child exploitation entrepreneurs, our own high profile "uncle knobbies" we wait for someone else's agencies to bring to our attention first, before investigating...then only investigate because we have to, or else we would look corrupt and apathetic for not having taken their tip-offs on board and launched our own strike forces.