The charity is working with Greater Manchester Police on the E-spyproject which will also track down paedophiles who are swapping indecentpictures of children.
The project has seen two NSPCC social workers given full-time positionsin the police's abusive images' unit where they will work with adetective inspector, a sergeant, three constables and two investigativesupport officers.
It is estimated that thousands of children in the UK are being abusedthrough the internet - but the number of children who have been tracedby police is only in the hundreds.
Dave Whatton, assistant chief constable of Greater Manchester Police,was confident that the initiative would lead to many more children beingidentified. He said: "I am sure that project E-spy will prove extremelysuccessful and will help us find children who are abused and bring themthe help they need."
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