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Implementation
and undertaking of four expertise-based roles (innovation, communication, coordination, information),
the overall management of the entire workflow, facilitating prioritisation at national level, evaluation
and steering activities, complying with all quality control measures and monitoring. The processing
of material will be organised at a central national level. 353 The national division concentrates its activities
on the processing of child abuse material and provides support to the regional units in handling cases
involving downloaded material.
The regional police forces (decentralised units) will concentrate on tackling the abuse of children and the
identification of victims, tackling the production, distribution and possession of child abuse material
and undertaking a more in-depth investigation into suspects. The investigations of child sexual abuse
and child pornography will be conducted jointly with the sex offence investigation team and using the
expertise of the future regional units in the digital domain.
With this approach, regional cases are tackled first at a regional level (with a view to shifting the focus
to rescuing victims), although monitoring will also take place at a national level at the same time. The
work process that aims to tackle the production of child abuse material is carried out at a regional level
as much as possible. The regional force must link the investigation of cases of sexual abuse and cases
of child pornography. The concept that child pornography constitutes an associated offence and offers
evidence in cases of abuse, forms a crucial starting point in this regard. The regional child pornography
teams will operate in conjunction with investigations of abuse already underway, and will seize the data
storage media if possible. 354
The strategy to tackle child pornography uses a nationally-applicable model in prioritising, evaluating
and managing cases, at both national and regional level. The model serves as a basis for the policy that
is determined by the portfolio holder for Sex Offences within the Board of Police Chief Constables and
the Board of Procurator-Generals, which both form part of the national steering and evaluation teams. 355
As part of this, other means of settling cases are also considered. Teams of staff members with different
capacities are being created, which is the aim. What is needed in order to achieve this is tactical capacity,
staff that specialise in the field of Sex Offences and Digital Expertise, as well as general management and
administrative resources.
3.4.5 Conclusion
Prioritisation
In general, we can conclude that the majority of the regional police forces and the BRTs focus their
activities on the processing of investigations without carrying out a more detailed investigation into
the abuse. The TBI prioritises its work in conjunction with the national coordinating public prosecutor
in child pornography cases, but this prioritisation has neither been standardised nor described. The
353 There should also be capacity to do this at a regional level.
354 Programme of Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011. Kinderporno aangepakt. De organisatie
van de aanpak van kinderporno bij de Politie [<strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong> Tackled. The organisation of the strategy
used by the police to tackle child pornography].
355 Improvements in Tackling <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Pornography</strong>, 2011. Kinderporno aangepakt. De organisatie van de aanpak van
kinderporno bij de Politie.
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