VGT welcomes Child Rescue Coalition

ABU DHABI, 30th December, 2015 (WAM) - The Virtual Global Taskforce, VGT, has welcomed the affiliation of the Child Rescue Coalition, CRC, to the VGT, with the aim of promoting the efforts of protecting children from online sexual exploitation. The new membership of the CRC came after a vote by the members of the VGT’s Board of Directors. Major-General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary-General of the Office of H.H. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Chair of the VGT, stressed that the CRC's membership is an important addition to the VGT, given the coalition’s efforts and successes in fighting child sexual abuse. The efforts are manifested through the use of advanced data and technology provided to child exploitation investigators around the world, to help track, arrest and convict those who use the Internet to harm children. He pointed out the keenness of the UAE to support the VGT's efforts in protecting children, and noted the cooperation in fighting children related crimes at a global level. He highlighted the work carried out through the current chair of the VGT to engage as many law enforcement agencies as possible to continue its role in law enforcement, drive leading projects and programmes, and mobilise the world, public opinion, and awareness organisations to dedicate their efforts to protect children from any violations. "We are honoured to be included among an elite group of organisations committed to the protection of our most vulnerable populations, our children," said Carly Asher Yoost, President and founder of the Child Rescue Coalition. "The development of international relationships, networks and communications that this recognition affords us is instrumental to our continued growth and success." According to the CRC, to date, the sophisticated Child Protection System technology has successfully aided in the prosecution and conviction of more than 6,500 online predators and rescued over 1,000 abused children over the past four years. Arrests have been made in over 20 countries. The CRC is a Florida-based non-profit organisation with global reach, which has spent the past decade building the world’s most sophisticated technology to hunt online predators. Through pro-active partnerships with law enforcement, the non-profit’s system has tracked 44 million offenders around the world in order to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395289755851.html