UK Authorities Launching Massive Child Abuse Database

mrspoonsi sends news that "Data taken from tens of millions of child abuse photos and videos will shortly be used as part of a new police system to aid investigations into suspected pedophiles across the UK." The Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) will be available to authorities starting December 11th. It's been populated with data seized in earlier investigations. The database assigns a hash to each photograph, so when a new drive full of illegal images is confiscated, it can immediately be plugged in and quickly scanned to see if there are any matches. It will also catalog GPS coordinates from Exif data.

The purpose of CAID is to eliminate the duplication of effort when investigating these photos. Often when storage drives are seized, they contain thousands or millions of images, and dozens of different police departments could end up unknowingly investigating the same victims. Law enforcement liaison officer Johann Hofmann said, "We're looking at 70, 80, up to 90% work load reduction. We're seeing investigations being reduced from months to days."

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Nice attempt to look like they care

[reemul]

They're worried about DUPLICATION of effort?!? How about putting in some damn effort first. More than a decade and over 1000 girls in just one damn city. All the software tools in the world won't help if you turn them away at the station or refuse to do any of the work for fear of hurting feelings. Spend less on computers and more on prosecutions for those cops who let those girls suffer.

Re:Nice attempt to look like they care

[jabuzz]

The number seven comes from what the Crown Prosecution Service have chosen to prosecute and got convictions for. They have many more on file. Some will be where the victim is unwilling to give evidence in court, or the CPS believe would not make a good witness on the stand. The job of the CPS is to make sure the bastards rot in jail, this does not necessarily correspond to prosecuting all possible cases of abuse.

It is quite clear that the abuse was wide spread in Rotherham and worse was not confined to Rotherham either. There have also been very similar cases in Derby, Oxford, Bristol and Telford. All involving gangs of majority Muslim background perpetrators sexually abusing and trafficking mainly white girls.