The hunt for child abusers. How innocent clues help police crack cases
Small details can sometimes help police crack a major case, and Europol is hoping images released online can lead to authorities catching child abusers.
Pictures of objects taken from the background of an image with sexually explicit material involving minors were recently published by Europol online in hopes to identify the people involved in the cases they investigate. Europol says for all images every other investigative avenue has already been examined.
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Therefore Europol is requesting public assistance in identifying the origin of some of these objects. All the pictures can be found on the dedicated Stop Child Abuse webpage.
“We are convinced that more eyes will lead to more leads and will ultimately help to save these children,” Europol says.
Police want to trace the pictured object’s origin – location or country – and people can provide Europol information they have on objects they recognise. This could help the competent law enforcement authority of the involved country to further investigate the lead and speed up the identification of both the offender and the victim.
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