Police partners
The IWF is a key component in the UK’s Industry/Police/Government partnership for tackling criminal content online. This partnership has proved extremely successful over the years in facilitating the swift removal of potentially criminal content from UK servers and vastly reducing the overall volume of child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.
Police Officers provide input into the law and image assessment element of our training and the IWF provide technical internet training for police staff on occasions.
The IWF has positive links to most British Police Forces, however our main operational contacts are:
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
- Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
- The Metropolitan Police Paedophile Unit
- The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit Scotland (NHTCUS)
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) is dedicated to eradicating the sexual abuse of children. CEOP is part of UK policing, tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or in partnership with local and international forces.
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is a law enforcement agency tackling serious organised crime that harms the UK and our citizens. This includes Class A drugs, people smuggling and human trafficking, major gun crime, fraud, computer crime and money laundering.
