Press Releases

2010

07 December 2010

New tactics for tackling online sexual predators

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17 November 2010

12- MONTH PRISON SENTENCE FOR MISSING CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER

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12 November 2010

New Chief Executive announced

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05 November 2010

Key children’s sites adopt ClickCEOP button as UK’s Centre for child protection receives over 6,000 reports in a year

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22 October 2010

BRITISH MAN CHARGED IN CAMBODIA AS ORPHANAGE IS INVESTIGATED

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08 October 2010

GUILTY PLEA FOR OVERSEAS CHILD ABUSER

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02 September 2010

MISSING CONVICTED CHILD SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED AFTER MOST WANTED APPEAL

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27 August 2010

21st missing convicted child sexual offender posted on Most Wanted site as 18th is arrested

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26 August 2010

International paedophile network smashed as private Facebook group infiltrated

Since its launch on 12 July 2010, the ClickCEOP application in Facebook has been downloaded over 55,000 times which will give users a direct link to advice, help and the ability to report a problem to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre if they are worried about someone’s behaviour towards them online. More...

12 August 2010

ClickCEOP Status Update

Since its launch on 12 July 2010, the ClickCEOP application in Facebook has been downloaded over 55,000 times which will give users a direct link to advice, help and the ability to report a problem to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre if they are worried about someone’s behaviour towards them online. More...

12 July 2010

FACEBOOK AND CEOP GET 'APPY

Facebook and CEOP join forces to deliver internet safety to young internet users. More...

01 July 2010

624 CHILDREN SAFEGUARDED FROM ABUSE IN FOUR YEARS

The number of children safeguarded from abuse through the work of the UK’s centre for protecting children has doubled in the past year bringing the total number since the organisation was launched in 2006 to 624, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre announced today. More...

08 June 2010

Caught on the run! Two suspected child sex offenders tracked, arrested and now facing justice

Two suspected child sexual offenders - wanted in Canada and Australia respectively after going on the run - have been tracked down by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and extradited by Australian and Canadian authorities in the last few days to face trials overseas. More...

04 May 2010

‘MOST WANTED’ Offender recalled to prison

A convicted child sex offender who featured on CEOP’s ‘Most Wanted’ website has been recalled to prison after breaching his notification requirements and for breach of licence conditions. More...

30 April 2010

Lancashire man jailed for sex attacks

A 35 YEAR old man from Leyland, Lancashire has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for a series of sex attacks and possessing indecent images of children following the discovery of his role in an online paedophile network. More...

13 April 2010

CEOP response to Facebook announcement

Today's Facebook announcement is nothing more than we would expect from any responsible social network provider. More...

30 March 2010

‘Significant’ jail term for child sex offender identified through abuse images

A man has been sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to 14 child sexual abuse offences at Shrewsbury Crown Court. More...

25 March 2010

Sectors join up from across Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to limit criminal opportunities for child sex offenders

Representatives from across major industry, children’s charities, government departments and law enforcement are saying ‘enough is enough' to child sex offenders who think that South East Asia is soft on those that seek to abuse and exploit children. More...

22 March 2010

World shrinks for missing child sex offenders as CEOP’s ‘Most Wanted’ goes global

UK’s national centre for protecting children joins forces with G8 countries and INTERPOL. More...

18 March 2010

Joining forces to protect children: Beatbullying in new partnership with UK’s national police agency for protecting children

The UK’s leading anti-bullying charity - Beatbullying - has today joined forces with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre in a new partnership which will offer further protection to children at risk of abuse. More...

09 March 2010

Our message to social network providers : Adopt the button

The UK's national centre for protecting children, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre today said that all social networking providers need to adopt a one click button for children to get immediate police help. More...

09 February 2010

HAS YOUR CHILD MET LEE AND KIM YET?

Changing the way children behave online is the key to keeping themselves safe from abuse, said Jim Gamble today, head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre - the UK's national centre for protecting children. More...

13 January 2010

Lancashire man pleads guilty to decade old sex attacks

A 35 YEAR old man from Leyland has pleaded guilty to two sex attacks on young girls dating back more than 10 years. More...

08 January 2010

Essex man sentenced for child sexual abuse offences

Mark LONGMAN, 43 of Charnwood Avenue, Chelmsford has been sentenced to an indeterminate public protection sentence at Basildon Crown Court on January 7, 2010 for sexual assault, making, possessing and distributing indecent images of children and perverting the course of justice. More...

04 January 2010

No ‘Happy New Year’ for arrested Most Wanted offender

The 20th missing child sex offender to be placed on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Most Wanted website just before Christmas has been arrested today – exactly two weeks after his details were posted on the website. More...