The Dominican government has shared information regarding cases of online child pornography in the Dominican Republic during a workshop organized by the Attorney General Office, the Higher Education Institute of the Public Ministry, UNICEF, and the UK Embassy. The Regional Workshop for Coordination and Investigation of Online Child Pornography began on Tuesday, 24 January 2017.
During the workshop, the Dominican government indicated that most of the online pornography activities were detected in Puerto Plata, La Altagracia (Punta Cana), Samaná and Boca Chica tourist areas. Local investigations detected last year 21,000 cases of child pornography online in which generally minors of 9 to 13 years were exploited.
The workshop seeks to share tools and investigative techniques with 60 members of prosecutorial agencies, Interpol, National Police, and child protection authorities in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
Gladys Sánchez Richiez, rector of the Higher Education Institute of the National Prosecutors College, said that efforts will continue to create more awareness and prevention campaigns will continue. At present, the government is executing the “There are No Excuses” campaign in coordination with UNICEF.
Speaking at the event, Chris Campbell, UK ambassador in the Dominican Republic, said that fighting child pornography and protecting children from these predators should be a priority of everyone. He said the British government is globally committed to back efforts to bring those responsible for child pornography crimes to justice.
The four-day event has brought together international experts from Spain, Facebook, Interpol, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, Child Rescue Coalition and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom.
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26 January 2017
