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The team in the ‘test bed’ also worked on alternative means of settlement under the name “Doing
Nothing is Not an Option” [Niets Doen Is Geen Optie] (INDIGO) (see §3.5.1), such as mandatory
care provision for individuals who view child abuse material. Such a case would not immediately
give rise to criminal proceedings. Not only is the aim to settle these cases more efficiently, but to
solve them more effectively. This applies to first offenders in particular. Mandatory care provision
provides an opportunity to dissuade those who possess material from becoming involved with
child pornography again, thereby limiting the number of criminal cases as a result. This method of
working can also have a preventative effect. 282
It is clear he workload is continuously increasing and that according to the authors of the Korpsmonitor
2009, the current configuration is inadequate. 283 This has been confirmed once again in
the Korpsmonitor 2010. 284 Experiments such as those performed in the Zambezi test bed provide an
insight into the future. 285 One effect of the Zambezi test bed is that the digital process in Rotterdam
is sufficiently organised. New digital developments arising from the test bed and the investigation
in the digital domain are set to become reality in the very near future. 286 The test bed has since
come to an end.
There is a great deal of variation amongst the regional police forces and it is therefore not easy to provide
a description of an average regional force. In some regions, the subject is given priority, whilst in
others hardly any attention is paid to it. The technical facilities likewise vary. 287 No working processes
have been developed in relation to child pornography. Many regional police forces make some use of
standardised working processes. However, some regional forces make a contribution towards developing
standard procedures, such as Twente (having developed an items seizure module and a standard
official report) and Rotterdam (having developed a prioritisation model and a standard procedure for
investigations in the digital domain). Many of the activities are undertaken at the individual investigator’s
discretion. 288 It is also the case that six different structures exist within the 25 regional police forces.
Some forces, such as TIJN, 289 Limburg-Zuid, Rotterdam and Amsterdam, for example, have a specialised
child pornography team (in which sex offence investigators are tasked solely with investigating cases of
child pornography). Other forces have a centralised sexual offences division at a single site, where all sex
offence investigators work on cases of child pornography and are supported in this work by police officers
that specialise in this field (Haaglanden, Hollands-Midden, Gelderland-Zuid and Kennemerland).
It is therefore not possible to produce a clear-cut picture of all organisational forms. Finally, the focus
of each regional force’s activities varies. Five of the 25 regional forces focus upon victim identification.
They regard child pornography as a by-product of sexual abuse (TIJN) and/or intend to put a stop to the
offence by tracing the victim (Amsterdam) and removing as many victims from the circuit as possible
(Rotterdam).
282 Parliamentary Papers II 2010/11, 32 500 VI, no. 75.
283 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2009.
284 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011.
285 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2009.
286 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011.
287 Van der Zee & Groeneveld, 2007.
288 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011.
289 Partnership of Twente, IJsselland, Noord-Oost Gelderland.