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11/12/2014
PM Announces New Unit To 'Hunt' Online Paedophiles
The Prime Minister has announced a new joint unit of the GCHQ and National Crime Agency to tackle online paedophiles, making and sharing child abuse images.
David Cameron made the announcement at an event in London, where he said child abuse images were produced and shared on an "almost industrial scale" worldwide, and that the new unit would "hunt" paedophiles with the effort used to track terrorists.
Mr Cameron also unveiled that it was to be made an offence to send sexual messages to children.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the We Protect Children Online summit in central London.
(MH/JP)
David Cameron made the announcement at an event in London, where he said child abuse images were produced and shared on an "almost industrial scale" worldwide, and that the new unit would "hunt" paedophiles with the effort used to track terrorists.
Mr Cameron also unveiled that it was to be made an offence to send sexual messages to children.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the We Protect Children Online summit in central London.
(MH/JP)
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