VGT members
Australia
Australian High Tech Crime Centre
The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) provides a national coordinated approach to combating serious, complex and multi-jurisdictional high tech crimes, especially those beyond the capability of single policing jurisdictions in Australia. Together with other Australian and international law enforcement agencies, the Centre assists in improving the technical capacity of all Australian jurisdictions to combat online child sex exploitation and other high tech crimes. The AHTCC is hosted by the Australian Federal Police and is staffed by personnel from the AFP, State and Territory police, other government agencies and the private sector.
The AHTCC is proud to be working with partner agencies to provide a holistic response to this crime in our local, national and global community.
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada. The RCMP is unique in the world since it is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. We provide a total federal policing service to all Canadians and policing services under contract to the three territories, eight provinces (except Ontario and Quebec), approximately 198 municipalities and, under 172 individual agreements, to 192 First Nation communities.
United Kingdom
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is based in London and combines children's charities, industry, government and other interested parties to bring an all encompassing approach to protecting children from sexual abuse. CEOP is affiliated to the Serious Organised Crime Agency although it has operational independence.
CEOP will work across a number of fronts to provide:
- an online presence helping to protect children in the UK when using the internet
- educational support for parents and children on tips to safeguard their internet time
- a focus for industry to work with law enforcement in safeguarding children as technology advances
- full support to police forces and other interested parties in safeguarding children and tackling child abuse.
United States of America
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE ensures the security of the American people and homeland through the vigilant enforcement of our nation's immigration and customs laws, and the protection of commercial aviation and federal facilities. ICE works closely with foreign law enforcement partners through its 52 attaché offices in 45 countries.
Operation Predator
Operation Predator is a comprehensive ICE initiative to protect children from sexual predators that brings together ICE's broad enforcement authorities. The initiative targets Internet child pornographers, international child sex tourists, foreign national sexual predators, and human smugglers and traffickers of children.
Internationally
Interpol
Interpol exists to help create a safer world. Our aim is to provide a unique range of essential services for the law enforcement community to optimise the international effort to combat crime.