The figure for 2010/11 revealed in the organisation's annual review, represents a marked increase on the previous year's figure of 278 and 139 in 2008/09.
In 2010/11, Ceop's work also resulted in 513 child sex offenders being arrested, compared with 417 in 2009/10 and 334 in 2008/09.
A further 132 sex offender networks were dismantled last year, adding to the 96 that were broken in 2009/10 and 82 in 2008/09.
But despite emerging safeguarding concerns, particularly relating to smartphones and social networking sites, the number of professionals taking up training offered by specialist officers at Ceop has fallen significantly.
In 2008/09, 3,734 took up training offered by the centre, dropping slightly to 3,370 in 2009/10. But last year the figure was just 2,084, a 38.2 per cent drop on the previous year.
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