Detecting child sexual abuse: expertise, capacity and a long-term approach

Last week, NRC reported on the conviction of a man for distributing images of violent sexual abuse of children via Telegram. It shows how investigation requires expertise, collection and endurance. The article is behind a paywall. The story discusses the horror of the sexual violence, how, according to the public prosecutor, the distribution of the material is increasingly shifting to encrypted chat apps and how the police do not have nearly the…