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| The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse. | The number of suspected child sex offenders arrested in the UK has risen threefold in the past year, says the organisation set up to tackle abuse. |
| Nearly 300 suspects were arrested and 131 children protected after work by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop). | Nearly 300 suspects were arrested and 131 children protected after work by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop). |
| Ceop, set up as part of UK police in 2006, says it helped break up six international paedophile networks. | Ceop, set up as part of UK police in 2006, says it helped break up six international paedophile networks. |
| It said it had also located 25 of the UK's highest risk child sex offenders. | It said it had also located 25 of the UK's highest risk child sex offenders. |
| The most high profile of these is Timothy Cox, who was convicted in June last year of running a child abuse network from his bedroom at a farmhouse in Buxhall, Suffolk. | The most high profile of these is Timothy Cox, who was convicted in June last year of running a child abuse network from his bedroom at a farmhouse in Buxhall, Suffolk. |
| More than 75,000 indecent and explicit images were found on Cox's computer from which he had supplied more than 11,000 to other site users via a website he called "Kids the Light of Our Lives". | More than 75,000 indecent and explicit images were found on Cox's computer from which he had supplied more than 11,000 to other site users via a website he called "Kids the Light of Our Lives". |
| Ceop was set up in April 2006 to help track some of the UK's highest risk sex offenders and protect children from sexual abuse. | Ceop was set up in April 2006 to help track some of the UK's highest risk sex offenders and protect children from sexual abuse. |
| Ceop chief on how police unit has been a success | |
| Based in London, it works by bringing law enforcers in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia together with the information technology industry, as well as charities and schools. | Based in London, it works by bringing law enforcers in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia together with the information technology industry, as well as charities and schools. |
| During the last year Ceop has uncovered around a million images of child sex abuse. It studies each image to help build up intelligence, track offenders, or use as vital parts of an investigative jigsaw. | During the last year Ceop has uncovered around a million images of child sex abuse. It studies each image to help build up intelligence, track offenders, or use as vital parts of an investigative jigsaw. |
| Eighteen young victims have been identified as a result of this jigsaw work alone. | Eighteen young victims have been identified as a result of this jigsaw work alone. |
| Nearly 6,000 reports of potential child sex abuse have been received by Ceop in the last 12 months - a significant increase on the previous year. | |
| These reports come from police forces, the child protection community and the public, who can report the abuse by logging onto Ceop's website. | These reports come from police forces, the child protection community and the public, who can report the abuse by logging onto Ceop's website. |
| Ceop also runs an education programme which has given safety advice to 1.7m children in the past year. | Ceop also runs an education programme which has given safety advice to 1.7m children in the past year. |
| Jim Gamble, chief executive of Ceop said the new figures were the result of collaborative action. | Jim Gamble, chief executive of Ceop said the new figures were the result of collaborative action. |
| "By us all working together 131 children are now safeguarded from some of the worst abuse imaginable - that is true impact," he said. | "By us all working together 131 children are now safeguarded from some of the worst abuse imaginable - that is true impact," he said. |
| "I hope offenders take note. Look at the ways in which together we are infiltrating your worlds, understanding your minds in order to limit deviant behaviour and I hope you think again." | "I hope offenders take note. Look at the ways in which together we are infiltrating your worlds, understanding your minds in order to limit deviant behaviour and I hope you think again." |
| Mr Gamble said he now wanted more work to be done to convince online operators to demonstrate their commitment to child safety in a "clear and unambiguous way". | Mr Gamble said he now wanted more work to be done to convince online operators to demonstrate their commitment to child safety in a "clear and unambiguous way". |