But the internet has also enabled child pornography to proliferate and be distributed around the world at a shocking and alarming rate. Ever younger children are involved; international criminal gangs are increasingly running such operations as huge sums of money can be made. Our Special Report this week (pages 10-11) reveals the large numbers of children being abused for this online trade and the phenomenal amount of child abuse images that are being circulated. It makes for very disturbing reading.
This is an issue that all those caring for children should be aware of, however. We all need to be vigilant in the face of this appalling crime.
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