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Figure 3.6 Age distribution amongst victims depicted in the incidences of child abuse material
on servers in the Netherlands that were reported in 2010
18%
24%
3%
55%
0-2 years
3-12 years
13-18 years
Unknown
Source: additional information supplied by Meldpunt Kinderporno op Internet at the request of BNRM.
The pre-adolescent three to twelve years age group is the most represented (56%). 246
3.3.3.2 The Cyber Crime Reporting Website 247
The Cyber Crime Reporting Website [Meldpunt Cybercrime] is a point of contact operated by the police to
which child pornography (including contacting children for sexual purposes), child sex tourism or terrorism
on or via the Internet with its source in the Netherlands can be reported. It started life as a project
in 2007 set up as a result of an initiative of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of the Interior and
Kingdom Relations and the <strong>National</strong> Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security. Since November
2009 it has formed part of the KLPD. Information submitted to the Cyber Crime Reporting Website does
not constitute an official report. Information submitted via the website arrives at the intake unit of the
KLPD (112 emergency service), where the reports are viewed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Individuals
who submit notifications (citizens) classify them as ‘child pornography’, ‘child sex tourism’, ‘incitement
to hatred and terrorism’ or ‘other’. The staff of the intake unit verify this and indicate the urgency
level. The information submitted is then sent to the back-office for the content to be processed. Cases
of child pornography involve Team Beeld en Internet [the Images and Internet Team] of the Department of
International Police Information [Dienst IPOL]. This team contacts ISPs, social networking sites and so
forth in order to ensure that criminal content is removed as soon as possible (‘notice and take-down’).
Finally, the information is sent to a regional police force, which conducts the investigation from that
point onwards.
246 These age groups are derived from the labels ‘infant’, ‘pre-pubescent’ and ‘pubescent’ as recorded by
hotlines via INHOPE. It is possible that in other countries, different age groups may apply to these
labels and consequently Figure 3.6 may present a somewhat distorted picture.
247 See www.meldpuntcybercrime.nl (viewed 8 September 2011); information supplied verbally by Meldpunt
Cybercrime, 4 May 2011.