Virtual Global Taskforce
The Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) is an international alliance of 15 law enforcement agencies, affiliate non-government organisations and industry partners working together to protect children from online child sexual abuse.
The VGT was established in direct response to the rise in offenders targeting children online and travelling overseas to sexually exploit and abuse children.
The VGT is an independent body chaired by the National Crime Agency and includes the following dedicated international law enforcement agencies:
- Australian Federal Police
- Dutch National Police
- The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)
- Korean National Police Agency
- Ministry of Interior for the United Arab Emirates
- Philippine National Bureau of Investigations
- Philippines National Police
- Kenya National Police Service
- New Zealand Police
- Colombian National Police
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- ICE Homeland Security Investigations
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
VGT members work together to deliver innovative, global strategies in response to online child sexual abuse.
The objectives of the VGT are:
- to make the internet a safer place
- to identify, locate and help children at risk
- to hold perpetrators appropriately to account.
To achieve these objectives, the VGT delivers low-cost, high impact initiatives to prevent and deter paedophiles from exploiting children online.
The synergy of law enforcement, government, industry and the community is vital in keeping children safe.
