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17/11/2006
Website launched to track missing paedophiles
Some of Britain's most wanted child sex offenders have been identified on a new website.
The site, which was set up by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre, has been established in order to appeal for information about sex offenders who have gone missing.
They are offenders who have already been convicted and punished for their crimes, but who then breached their notification requirements and disappeared. Doing so is an arrestable offence, which is punishable by up to five years imprisonment.
The details on the website include the names and ages of the offenders, as well as where they have gone missing from, and a photograph. However, the details of their convictions are not included and the public is also warned about taking vigilante action.
This is the first time such a move has been undertaken on a nationwide scale. The site is being run together with the Crimestoppers Most Wanted site, which is designed to help track down Britain's most dangerous criminals who are the run, and is celebrating its first anniversary this month.
CEOP Chief Executive Jim Gamble said: "We believe this new site will be an invaluable addition to the intelligence tool kit when compiling information about child sex offenders. It is not about publishing details of ALL sex offenders as this could drive the large number of compliant offenders underground and away from effective management programmes. What we want to do is maximise every available opportunity to locate those offenders who are actually 'missing' in order to protect children, young people and communities."
(KMcA)
The site, which was set up by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre, has been established in order to appeal for information about sex offenders who have gone missing.
They are offenders who have already been convicted and punished for their crimes, but who then breached their notification requirements and disappeared. Doing so is an arrestable offence, which is punishable by up to five years imprisonment.
The details on the website include the names and ages of the offenders, as well as where they have gone missing from, and a photograph. However, the details of their convictions are not included and the public is also warned about taking vigilante action.
This is the first time such a move has been undertaken on a nationwide scale. The site is being run together with the Crimestoppers Most Wanted site, which is designed to help track down Britain's most dangerous criminals who are the run, and is celebrating its first anniversary this month.
CEOP Chief Executive Jim Gamble said: "We believe this new site will be an invaluable addition to the intelligence tool kit when compiling information about child sex offenders. It is not about publishing details of ALL sex offenders as this could drive the large number of compliant offenders underground and away from effective management programmes. What we want to do is maximise every available opportunity to locate those offenders who are actually 'missing' in order to protect children, young people and communities."
(KMcA)
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