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This week, the Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT), one of the world's largest international child protection taskforces, met in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and welcomed its ninth international partner - EUROPOL, the law enforcement agency of the European Union.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is a founding member of the VGT and shares its mission to stop the sexual exploitation of children - both online and offline - anywhere in the world.
Quote from : Wikipedia : Virtual Global Taskforce
Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is a group of Law enforcement agencies from around the world working together to fight child pornography online.
The aim of the VGT is to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies that helps to protect children from online child abuse.
Originally posted by neo96
someone clear this up for me please
why are they meeting in the middle east? is there that much child explotation there?
correct me if i am wrong here but doesnt most of the child exploitation come from asia?
Quote from : Wikipedia : Europol
Europol (short for European Police Office) is the European Union's criminal intelligence agency.
It became fully operational on 1 July 1999.
The establishment of Europol was agreed to in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, officially known as the Treaty on European Union (TEU) that came into effect in November 1993.
The agency started limited operations on 3 January 1994, as the Europol Drugs Unit (EDU).
In 1998 the Europol Convention was ratified by all the member states and came into force in October.
Europol commenced its full activities on 1 July 1999.
Europol allocates its resources (625 staff, of these, approximately 120 Europol liaison officers (ELOs)) from its headquarters in The Hague.
The size of Europol belies the fact that they are in constant liaison with hundreds of different law enforcement organisations, each with their own individual or group seconded to assist Europol's activities.
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Originally posted by woghd
Why and HOW is ICE involved in this? These guys are just security guard thugs...
Quote from : U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for identifying, investigating, and dismantling vulnerabilities regarding the nation's border, economic, transportation, and infrastructure security.
The largest components within DHS are Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO).
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ICE is charged with the investigation and enforcement of over 400 federal statutes within the United States, and maintains attachés at major U.S. embassies overseas.
ICE is led by a director, who is appointed at the sub-Cabinet level by the President of the United States, confirmed by the Senate, and reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
The mission of ICE is to protect the United States and uphold public safety by enforcing immigration and customs laws.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
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Again with the eye
They had to use an eye.
Why the eye?
They always use an eye.
The eyes have it.
They are watching you.
I'm bored with the "Eye"
They should use something else like the nose or the bellybutton or little toe or....
edit on 8-4-2011 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)