Industrial scale CSA work being mopped up by non-specialists

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'Industrial scale' CSA work being mopped up by non-specialists

Law enforcement has been referred to as a "sticking plaster" in the face of the rising volume of Child Sexual Abuse material (CSAM).

Date - 20th July 2022
By - Cachella Smith

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The production and consumption of CSAM is now on an “industrial scale” a report from the Police Foundation has said. Between 2016-17 and 2020-21, the volume of obscene publications offences increased by over 450 per cent. What was once...

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