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A four-day training conference was kicked off today (November 22) in Hong Kong with the aim to provide comprehensive and advanced training for law enforcement agencies to combat the computer-facilitated crimes against children.
The training conference is jointly organised by the Interpol General Secretariat, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and Hong Kong Police Force.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the training conference, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mr Tang King-shing, said that international co-operation was one of the keys to success in the fight against child pornography on Internet.
"The Force have always played an active role in international co-operation on matters pertaining to prevention and detection of paedophile cases," he said.
The Force also maintained an extensive liaison network with various international law enforcement agencies in the exchange of criminal intelligence and this included paedophiles on and off-line.
Since the enactment of the Prevention of Child Pornography Ordinance in December last year, the Force have conducted a series of proactive operations against this particular type of crime.
In May this year, the first intelligence-led operation was mounted resulting in the successful prosecution of 16 persons and seizure of a large quantity of child pornographic materials.
Mr Tang hoped that now with this conference hosted here, the global network and co-operation could be further enhanced with a view to stamping out this type of borderless evil crime.
The training conference is the sixth programme in the training series but it is the first time being held in Asia. Two Hong Kong police officers had participated in the first training conducted in Lyon last December.
It was well attended by over 70 participants from Hong Kong and 11 overseas countries/regions including the Mainland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Lao PDR, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, Qatar and Macau.
Police Report No.2
Issued by PPRB
End/1120 hours, Monday, November 22, 2004
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