The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), set up in 2006, is seen as one of the world's leading child protection organisations.
In the three years it has been running, more than 340 children have been saved from abuse and 700 offenders have been apprehended.
However concerns have been raised that the 120-strong team, which has an annual budget of £9million, is being flooded with work leaving it unable to investigate all cases of child abuse that comes to its attention.
Wes Cuell, director of children and young people services at the NSPCC, sits on the executive management board of Ceop.
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