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FIGHT AGAINST CHILD ABUSE ONLINE

AND CHILD SEX TOURISM

FRENCH JUDICIAL POLICE RESPONSES

CENTRAL OFFICE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENCES AGAINST

PEOPLEO.C.R.V.P

CENTRAL UNIT FOR MINORS PROTECTION

MISSIONS :

Fight against all kind of sexual offences against children committed online

Fight against child sex tourism

Image (photo-video) of a minor (under 18 years old)

or

a representation of a minor (cartoons, drawings, synthetized images…)

which are

pornographic : sexual attitudes or poses, sexually explicit activity

What is child pornography ?

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

French law applies on a French national or or

an habitually resident on French territory who

commits sexual offences against a minor

abroad.

Principle of extra-territoriality criterion

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

EVEN WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL DENONCIATION OR COMPLAINT OF THE VICTIM

EVEN IF THE VICTIM IS NOT IDENTIFIED

EVEN IF THE FACTS COMMITTED DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE ABROAD REGARDING LOCAL LEGISLATION

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

• Sollicitation of minor’s prostitution

• Rape or sexual assault against a minor

• All sexual assaults against a minor under15 years of age without constraint, nor threat or surprise

• Minor’s corruption

• Pornographic images of a minor : possession, offer, record, dissemination, importation, exportation and consultation.

OUR GOAL IS :

to identify and to arrest high

profile offenders

to identify and to rescue victims

TECHNIQUES OF INVESTIGATION :

- Undercover investigations

- Analysis of images

UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS :

To participate under an hidden identity to electronic exchanges in order to identify offenders, to collect evidences and to identify victims

UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS :

To be in contact with suspects and potential perpetrators

To retain, be in possession and exchange child pornographic material (in response to a formal request)

ANALYSIS OF IMAGES

Analysis of backgrounds, details, settings in order to be able to localise and identify the victims and their offenders

Jacket of the French national soccer team

Book written in French

Logo of a soccer team in North of France

TOOLS :

- Direct access to ICSE database

- Member of Groove network

- National point of contact for foreign L.E.A, French N.C.B

- Member of Europol – AWF TWINS

- Member of Circamp Group

FIGHT AGAINST CHILD SEX TOURISM

OFFENCES COMMITTED ABROAD REQUIRE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

AND SUPPORT :

OUR PARTNERS

COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH POLICE CORRESPONDENTS’

NETWORK

COOPERATION WITH N.G.O’s AND

ASSOCIATIONS

INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION WITH

FOREIGN L.E.A, FOREIGN JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES

COOPERATION CHANNELS

ACTIONS CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE FIGHT AGAINST

CHILD SEXUAL TOURISM

A common project between

an NGO, French police and private sector

Creation of a manuel : Implementation of reporting

procedures in hotels

OTHER INITIATIVES :

In airports, checks on targeted travellers coming from destination

countries

OTHER ACTIONS :

Implementation of a website

dedicated to child sexual tourism reports

A French sexual offender in Indonesia

March 2004, the French police attache in JAKARTA informs our office that 3 young deaf and dumb Indonesian boys are victims of sexual aggressions and rapes committed by a French national who lives in Indonesia.

Minors – Bowo, Susilo and Ekwan are “employees” of the suspect. They study in a school for deaf and dumb minors in Yogyakarta : “Dria Mannungal”.

They declare they have been sexually assaulted for several years. At the beginning of the assaults, they were 12 and 14 years old.

The suspect lives near the school, with one of the victim, his “adopted” son.

Victims interviewed in deaf and dumb language with assistance of members of a French association.

An investigation is carried out in France for rapes and sexual aggressions committed on 15 years old minors. In the meantime, the suspect leaves Indonesia...

...to go to different South East Asia countries

March 2007, Indonesian authorities give their agreement to execute an international judicial request for assistance sent by France. Two French investigators are authorized to go to Indonesia.

The Interpol NCB and the regional police district of Yogyakarta give their support to the French investigation.

Two victims are interviewed by Indonesian Police and with the assistance of a deaf and dumb translator, in presence of French investigators. Interviews are filmed on the spot.

Witnesses’ testimonials are collected as well.

In France, other witnesses , members of Solindo association are interviewed. We get the information that the suspect has left Cambodia for Argentina.

We get in touch by email with the suspect and convince him to come back to France. June 2008 : Arrested at Roissy airport in PARIS.

He denies accusations, saying that he is victim of “conspiracy” and “rumors” and that victims accused him in exchange of money.

He admits receiving only several “massages” from the minors.

Incarcerated after the police custody.

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Investigation is still on going with other witnesses testimonials collected in France and in Indonesia, due to the action of our French attache in JAKARTA.

September 2012, sentenced to 8 years imprisonment by the criminal court in PARIS.

CENTRAL OFFICE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENCES

AGAINST PEOPLE ocrvp@interieur.gouv.fr

mineurs-dcpjac@interieur.gouv.fr

Police Inquiries

A Recent Example

French sexual tourists in Cambodia

An international investigation

Summer 2007, beginning of KOALA OPERATION…

…coordinated by :

One of the suspects admitted during the police custody that he has gone for several years to Cambodia in order to have sexual relations with young girls

Search house : discovery of a large number of videos staging him while having sex with young Asian girls

Identification of another suspect

Another person who was on the videos was pointed as the organizer of the meetings with the young girls…

…in Phnom Penh with the aim of

prostitution with girls 7 to 15 years old Fifty different victims were on

several hundred of images and videos

Images and captures of videos sent to the French police delegation inPhnom Penh in order to try to identifythe victims.

Pictures presented to several N.G.Os.

Three young girls identified as victims ofthe two French nationals by the NGO « APLE – ACTION POUR LES ENFANTS »

APLE : A CRUCIAL ROLE

THREE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED

APLE : A CRUCIAL ROLE

Three girls interviewed by our Frenchpolice correspondent with atranslator. They designated the suspects as theiroffenders.

Sentenced in France in 2009 to 7 years imprisonment each

CENTRAL OFFICE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENCES

AGAINST PEOPLE ocrvp@interieur.gouv.fr