CEOP joins National Crime Agency
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) from this week has become part of the National Crime Agency (NCA), with the government promising to build on its success.
Child protection is an ‘absolute priority’, says Minister for Crime Prevention James Brokenshire.
He says: “As a core part of the new National Crime Agency, CEOP will not only be in the best possible position to continue its vital work but will also benefit from being able to draw on the resources and support available across the whole agency.”
Chief Executive of CEOP, Peter Davies is adamant that CEOP will continue to be its own brand, with its own approach to putting the safety of children first.
He says: “Only recently we have announced three major successes. Our programme to protect children through education – ThinkuKnow – won an unprecedented 12 awards at the International Visual Communication Award, while over the past few weeks we have announced the outcome of two major operational successes. Those operations – Rescue and Alpine – collectively saw 192 children safeguarded and 332 suspects arrested within the UK alone.”