Press releases
2009
23 December 2009
Help CEOP serve up missing child sex offender this christmas
The ‘Most Wanted’ website – operated by the UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre in conjunction with the charity Crimestoppers – is asking the public to help identify the 20thoffender to feature on the site. More...
07 December 2009
Have you seen these men?
03 December 2009
AFP to lead International Taskforce against Child Sex Abuse
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) today was handed responsibility for the international alliance of law enforcement agencies dedicated to combating child sexual abuse. More...
17 November 2009
More than 8 million young users get added safety support as Bebo adopts 'CEOP Report' button
Social networking site breaks new ground with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. More...
04 November 2009
Hundreds of thousands take ‘A Minute For Madeleine’ as viral message is shared around the world
Up to 100,000 people an hour from more than 150 countries around the world are viewing a new viral message aimed at someone close to the person who was involved in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. More...
03 November 2009
A Minute For Madeleine … Help spread a new online police message available at ceop.police.uk
London, 3 November. More...
15 October 2009
Undercover Tactics See Man Sentenced For Child Sex Offences
The first deployment of a covert investigator in West Yorkshire to identify a person involved in child sex offences has seen a man jailed for 2. More...
13 October 2009
World-Check renews its partnership with the UK’s Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
08 October 2009
Most Wanted
A convicted child sex offender who had been on the run from North Yorkshire Police for two and a half years, was arrested this week on the holiday island of Crete. More...
29 September 2009
Have you seen this girl?
Devon and Cornwall Police are urgently trying to locate Teagan Feagans, aged 13, who has gone missing from Torquay. More...
28 September 2009
Bienvenidos to prison:
A convicted child sex offender extradited from Mexico has been sentenced to a further 16 months in prison for absconding from the UK whilst on the Sex Offender’s Register. More...
07 September 2009
OFFENDERS EXPLOIT a converged environment
Child sex offenders are switching between the internet and the offline world with increasing frequency and severity in order to target and in some cases abduct young victims and parents could and should do more, said the UK national policing centre for child protection – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre – today. More...
25 August 2009
Twelve year sentence for phone box child sex offender
A Humberside man who used public telephone boxes to approach, groom and incite young girls to perform sexual acts, was sentenced to 12 years in prison following a joint investigation by Humberside Police and the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. More...
04 August 2009
What does ‘sexting’ mean?
Sexting is when a young person takes an indecent image of them self and sends this to their friends or boy / girlfriends via mobile phones. More...
15 July 2009
First students graduate in CEOP Academy qualification to tackle child sex offenders
The first students to obtain a national qualification after enrolling in the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Academy graduate today at the University of Central Lancashire. More...
22 June 2009
Visa renews partnership to help tackle child sexual abuse
The CEOP Centre welcomes the announcement that Visa Europe have renewed their commitment to support its work as the UK’s dedicated policing organisation for protecting children from sexual exploitation. More...
20 May 2009
CEOP - 3RD Year Results
346 children have been safeguarded in the last three years, the UK’s national centre for tackling the sexual abuse of children – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre - announced today. More...
24 April 2009
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
325 children were identified as being potential victims of trafficking according to figures released today by the UK’s national centre for protecting children from abuse, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. More...
20 March 2009
Have you seen these men?
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre are appealing to the public for information to locate two child sex offenders who have gone missing from their police management. More...
03 March 2009
Tackling the Commercial Side of Child Sex Abuse
New European Financial Coalition to track and disrupt the commercial element behind child sex abuse images. More...
10 February 2009
UK CHILDREN MARK SAFER INTERNET DAY 2009
Thousands of schoolchildren across the UK are now even better equipped to protect themselves online thanks to brand new teaching resources from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre. More...
21 January 2009
CEOP responds to request about Internet Service Provider costs.
In December 2008 the BBC submitted a request to CEOP asking for the number of requests made to ISPs and the cost of these to the organisation. More...
18 January 2009
Missing Girl – Laura Stainforth
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing 15-year-old girl. More...
