Internet crime
With the ever increasing traffic on the internet police, Ministry of Justice and the Hotline have concluded that online child abuse has increased as well. Since the start of the Hotline the number of reports has increased enormously. In the past 10 years the Hotline has processed over 32.000 reports.
Abuse of children on the internet can be divided into two area’s
- To download and spread images and films of sexual abuse of children.
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To make contact with children with the intention to abuse them sexually online and/or offline (grooming).
The suffering of children who have been sexually abused for the production of images and films is beyond imagination. A child not only suffers physically but also mentally. The Hotline continues to contribute to the reduction of sexual abuse of children on the internet.
