Forensic Against Sexual Exploitation of Children

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This proposal action “Forensic Against Sexual Exploitation of Children” (4NSeek) aims at developing and reinforcing services for the benefit of affected children, families and educators. Addressing the problem from different points will help to improve the overall process of preventing, detecting and arresting suspects of child sexual abuse (CSA). MAIN OBJECTIVES: International Police Cooperation. Testing a CSA tool and providing feedback Training. Specific CSA agenda included on the Cybersecurity Summer BootCamp event Policy harmonization. Elaborate a forensic procedure to formalise devices analysis Awareness and Dissemination. Elaboration and sharing of guides Technology research development. Improve a CSA specific software to work over on entire devices with AI and ML techniques MEMBERS: This partnership, coordinated by the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) - public admin - , will include 3 European LEAs as beneficiaries and 7 American LEAs as partners (non beneficiaries), 3 European universities, that will carry out research activities, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Victim Support Portuguese Association (APAV). RESULTS: The free provision of “4NSeek” tool to the participant LEAs after the end of the project will allow: Having a powerful tool successfully used in real scenarios Increase the efficiency of the LEAs’ investigations Getting feedback from American and European LEAs to improve the product itself with new capabilities Sharing useful information between LEAs to improve the fight against these crimes International Police cooperation, providing a common tool and holding events Victims, parents, educators and social services will benefit of the awareness activities and prevention of this cybercrime Creation of forensic procedures that can be admitted as evidence in court Cross-border collaborations to improve the efficiency of investigations and sharing information