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Implementation
material by KMar Schiphol is placed upon dealing with common incidents as well as implementing a proactive
approach that forms part of the KIDS action weeks in the context of child sex tourism. KIDS action
days are held at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on a fairly regular basis. KIDS serves to recognise and tackle
child pornography couriers and child sex tourism by means of multi-disciplinary collaborative efforts at
Schiphol. The KIDS Strategy involves close cooperation between Schiphol Customs and TBI of IPOL, with
various units from KMar, namely Border Control, Computer Forensics, <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong> assessment
team and the Youth and Sex Offences Team. During the KIDS action days, passengers arriving directly from
countries known for a child sex tourism industry and/or countries where child abuse material is produced
are subject to additional checks by the collaborating authorities. 317 The Royal Military Constabulary at
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol made three arrests in 2010, primarily due to the possession, importation,
carrying in transit or export of child abuse material. 318 For example, a 68-year-old Irishman was caught
with child abuse material in January 2010. The man arrived on a flight from Bangkok. DVDs and CDs containing
child abuse videos and images were found in his hand luggage, as well as children’s lingerie. 319
So far, we have described the various divisions of the police force that are involved in tackling child pornography.
However, a number of complications also exist in the work carried out by the police, which
will be explained in more detail.
3.4.3 Complications
The strategy to tackle child pornography is subject to several complications that have more or less
emerged over the previous sections. The focus in criminal investigations, the number of pending cases,
prioritisation of investigations and issues in detection all form bottlenecks. On the basis of the aim to
find and rescue victims, efficacy (specifically the extent to which that aim is achieved) is low as a result
of these bottlenecks. 320
Focus
In practice, downloaders form the focus of detection activities, which is at the expense of attention to
perpetrators of child abuse, producers and commercial distributors, but also at the expense of attention
for the victim. 321 The Korpsmonitor Kinderporno 2010 examined the focus in each regional police force. Five
of the twenty-five regional forces focus upon victim identification, as we described earlier. They regard
child pornography as by-product of sexual abuse (TIJN) and/or intend to put a stop to the offence by
tracing the victim (Amsterdam) and remove as many victims as possible from the circuit (Rotterdam).
The victim is placed at the centre of activities, which translates into the approach and chosen course of
action in detection activities. 322
The research by Moran
One option could be to apply the findings of research conducted by Moran. The study by Moran
(see §1.4.2) showed that perpetrators of high-tech crime are found within the group of perpetra-
317 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2009.
318 Parliamentary Papers II 2010/11, 32 500 VI, no.75.
319 Op jacht naar kinderporno [On the trail of child pornography], De Pers, 18 January 2010.
320 The Amsterdam sexual abuse case forms an exception to this.
321 <strong>National</strong> <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong> Project, 2008.
322 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011.
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