The review also revealed that Ceop now receives an average 1,300 reports of potential risks to children each month, while 192 suspects were arrested following Ceop investigations last year.
A further 100 arrests were made last week as part of the UK-wide Operation Tharlsey targeting internet paedophiles, involving collaboration between more than 40 police forces.
During this financial year, Ceop plans to ramp up efforts to target child sex offenders who share indecent images of children and try to hide their “digital footprints” online.
According to Ceop, offenders that use areas of the internet which they believe are hidden are often sharing new indecent images of children, suggesting that they may be involved in the production of the material and the initial physical sexual abuse.
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