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International Training Initiative
Conducted by
the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children and Interpol
Sponsored by Microsoft
The Computer Facilitated Crimes Against Children training seminar was designed to provide law enforcement around the world with the tools and techniques to investigate Internet-related child exploitation cases. This initiative was launched in December 2003 at Interpol Headquarters in Lyon, France. As of November 2008, a total of 3,221 law-enforcement officers from 113 countries have been able to participate in 36 regional training sites in France, Costa Rica, Brazil, South Africa, Croatia, Hong Kong, Romania, Spain, Jordan, Argentina, Russia, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey, Japan, Norway, China, Bulgaria, Australia, Oman, India, Lithuania, Morocco, Qatar, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Peru, Czech Republic, Greece, Ukraine, Korea, Egypt, Brazil,Colombia and Italy.
The 4-day seminar includes the following modules: Computer Facilitated Exploitation of Children
During this block of instruction, participants learn:
- Dynamics and problems encountered in sexual abuse investigations
- Types of sexual abuse cases
- Offender typology and its application to the investigation
- Types of computer facilitated crimes committed against children
Conducting the Online Child Abuse Investigation
During this block of instruction, participants learn:
- Evolution of online crimes
- Molester seduction techniques
- Child abuse victim issues and disclosure
- Interviewing the online child abuse victim
- Evidence and corroborating the online crime
- Identification of additional victims
- Identifying the characteristics of the online child abuser
- Child molester collections
Managing the Law Enforcement Response to Computer Facilitation Crimes Against Children
During this block of instruction, participants learn:
- Challenges and issues arising from the management of complex investigations, both national and international
- Police expertise and awareness of techniques, liaison, both formal and informal, together with forensic examination issues
- The need for speedy assessment and the identification and prioritization of investigations and actions
- Key issues such as human rights, data protection and national laws
- Implications of harmonization of legislation, extradition attitudes, and consequences of intelligence exchange
- Implications of Global Principles for Continuity of Evidence and Computer Forensics, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT), and Dual Criminality considerations
Prosecuting the Offender
During this block of instruction, participants learn:
- Prosecution team: law enforcement & prosecutor
- Hurdles and issues in Computer Child Abuse cases
- Children and Child Pornography in Court
- Recent trends in court – defense tactics
*This section does not take place during each training*
Technical Aspects of the Investigation
During this block of instruction, participants learn:
- Fundamentals of not only the technologies used to exploit children, but also how these same technologies can be used to successfully investigate crimes against children
- Case examples and studies from a technical perspective
- How the Internet works (i.e., use of IP addresses and communications using TCP/IP)
- Tools and techniques (i.e., trace and identify the source of Internet traffic, operating systems utilities, NetScan tools, Neotrace, Visualroute, and Languard Network Analyzer)
- Evidence collection and analysis (i.e., crimes scene awareness, search warrant planning and execution, proper methods of collecting and safeguarding digital evidence, etc.)
Resources and Guest Speakers
During this block of instruction, the participants are provided with:
- Subject matter experts from “industry” (i.e., credit card companies, ISPs, technology companies) address how to best utilize their services in an investigation
- Safety and prevention programs and agencies
The financial underwriting sponsor of the training initiative is offered an opportunity to actively participate in this portion of the training. The curriculum is also modified to complement the needs of the host country (i.e., culture, legal, linguistic, law enforcement, etc. ).
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