May praises tremendous results from CEOP

31 May 2011

Home Secretary, Theresa May, has praised the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre whose annual report has revealed that 414 children have been safeguarded from exploitation and abuse in the last year as a direct result of CEOP's work.

The annual report also shows that 513 child sex offenders were arrested in the same period.

These totals are the highest ever for the organisation which began work in 2006.

The government additionally recently announced that a dedicated team at CEOP will work on missing children issues and building on these results CEOP will become a key part of the new National Crime Agency when it begins work in 2013.

Home Secretary, Theresa May, said:

"These are tremendous results and I want to congratulate all of those within CEOP and those who work alongside them to protect children from harm.

"We want to build on these achievements, which is why CEOP will be an integral part of the new National Crime Agency.

"This will enable them to continue to lead law enforcement work protecting children at a national level and draw on wider resources and support to help keep even more children safe from harm in the future."

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