Transcript Not Just A Picture Conference

Not Just A Picture Conference
15th – 16th September 2010
Concert Noble, Brussels
JIM GAMBLE, QPM
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
European Financial Coalition
Rob Wainwright
Director - Europol
Not Just a Picture Conference:
Concert Noble, Brussels
European Financial Coalition
Valerie Dias
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Visa Europe
For Visa Internal Use Only
FUTURE LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
Information Classification as Needed
Presentation Identifier.5
EFC PROGRESS REPORT
JIM WARNOCK
EFC CHAIR (CEOP)
EFC AIMS
• To support pan-European police operations
focused on the commercial distribution of child
abuse images, with cross-sector solutions
targeting in particular the electronic payment
systems used to purchase such material on the
internet
EFC OBJECTIVES
• Encourage co-operation and co-ordination between
sectors across Europe
• Gather and analyse intelligence on commercial
websites
• Prevent by means of education, dissemination of best
practice
• Reduce/eradicate supply by means of enforcement,
disruption and confiscation
KEY DELIVERABLES
• Key deliverables met
- Strategic Assessment produced
- Financial Best Practice produced
- Three plenary sessions held
- Website developed and active
- Final conference being held
MEMBERSHIP
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Steering Group
30 current members
Range of sectors
Continually seeking to strengthen the
Coalition with additional membership
INTELLIGENCE PICTURE
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Strategic Assessment has been produced
Brings greater understanding to the issue
Key findings will be discussed this afternoon
Panel session will follow
Need to build upon this initial assessment
WORKING GROUPS
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Law Enforcement
Payments Industry
Legal
Internet & Technology
Awareness Raising
BEST PRACTICE
• From the payments industry
• Investigative guidance to law enforcement
agencies (not available as a public document)
WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE
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Quality of membership
Develop better understanding of motivations
Implementing disruption strategies
Effective cross-sector training to complement
best practice
• Co-ordination of international law enforcement
activity
CONCLUSION
• The EFC has completed on the key deliverables
agreed under the contract
• Has also developed other areas such as law
enforcement best practice and technology
solutions
• Potential to develop a network providing a
greater European coordinated focus on child
protection
THE INTELLIGENCE PICTURE
GIUSEPPE GILIBERTI
SECONDED NATIONAL EXPERT
EUROPOL
METHODOLOGY, LIMITATIONS
DEFINITIONS & SECURITY
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
•The US Financial Coalition Against Child
Pornography (FCACP) reported a 50%
decrease in the past year of reported
commercial abuse websites
•The US Treasury has also reported a
significant reduction in the money flow
from child abuse images
•FACS analysis shows a 78% decrease in
traditional commercial CAI sites
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
An independent expert company were
asked to analyse its database of
previously flagged sites suspected of
linking to child abuse images.
Content Type
Definition
A
The site shows children (aged 1-16) engaging in sexual
contact, nude, or in sexually suggestive poses.
A1
The site shows young children in suggestive, but clothed,
positions. Typically, these are labelled as child model sites.
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46 Child Abuse
Web Sites
24 Commercial
Web Sites
20 Child
Modelling Web
Sites
4 Child Abuse
Images Web Sites
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
Extending the analysis over a longer period, commercial sites
providing C.A.I. are showing a significant decrease across ´A´ sites
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
The adverts and banners for C.A.I. web
sites have also decreased quite
dramatically
This suggests commercial sites and
advertisements for them are significantly
decreasing from their peak in 2008
•Images being readily available at no cost
•Development of new technologies
•Law enforcement action
•Media attention
THE EXTENT OF THE
PROBLEM
COMMERCIAL vs NON COMMERCIAL
THE DISTRIBUTORS
Websites organisers and criminals operating commercial websites
THE DISTRIBUTORS
Organised
Crime
Estimated profit
(euros)
Time
Period
Confirmed personal
sexual interest in children
Case Study 1
YES
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
NO
Case Study 2
NO
40 K
ANNUAL
YES
Case Study 3
YES
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
Case Study 4
NO
1,4 Million
7 years
YES
Case Study 5
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
NOT KNOWN
Case Study 6
NO
55 K
3+ years
NOT KNOWN
Case Study 7
NO
8,5 K
ANNUAL
NOT KNOWN
Case Study
THE DISTRIBUTORS
Subscription costs are normally
given in US dollars, and the price
has increased from
approximately $29.99 a month,
to generally closer to or over
$100 a month.
USD
29,99
USD
59,99
USD
99,99
THE DISTRIBUTORS
Lack of
demand
Price
increasing
from USD
29,99 to USD
99,99
Demand
is high
THE
IMAGES
THE IMAGES
Contemporary images appear on commercial C.A.I. websites.
Historic images, often well known to law enforcement.
Distributers are not responsible for the production.
THE IMAGES
very little outlay for the organisers as they are not
having to pay to have images produced, leaving them
with only having to pay for their website and server
costs
less risk of a victim or abuser being identified if the
images are historic.
CUSTOMERS
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PURCHASERS
CUSTOMERS & PURCHASERS
Why someone would spend money buying child abuse images when
free images are available on different channels ?
Buyers are ‘new’ to looking for child abuse images on the internet
Buyers are frequently collectors
Buyers believe they are safer using commercial avenues
Buyers want new images
FINANCIAL PROCESSES
FINANCIAL PROCESSES
2000 - 2003
• Traditional means of payment
• Western Union
2003 - 2007
• Paypal Accounts
• E-money
2007 - 2010
• Use of merchants
• Man in the middle
FINANCIAL PROCESSES
Credit Card (type not specified)
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69 %
Western union
80
24 %
Visa
37
11 %
MasterCard
37
2%
Delta
8
5%
Egold
16
4%
PayPal
12
3%
JCB
9
2%
Wire transfer
8
2%
Cash
7
2%
Maestro
8
2%
Discover
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2%
Money Order
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2%
Bank transfer
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2%
It must be remembered these
are the advertised payment
methods and an attempt to
actually use those methods
may re-direct to alternative
payment systems
CONCLUSIONS &
RECOMMENDATION
CONCLUSIONS
Difficulties with data gathering and differing methodologies within
organisations make an accurate analysis problematic.
Organisers of commercial child sexual abuse websites are distributing but not
producing images. Images are generally historic and re-cycled time and time
again.
CONCLUSIONS
Not all distributors are from organised criminal networks, many of them are
disorganised individuals working together and who may or may not have a
personal sexual interest in children.
Criminals from organised networks generally come from Eastern Europe.
CONCLUSIONS
Commercial sites are generally not high profit; compared to other areas of
online criminality online profits are actually quite low.
There are numerous access points for child abuse images on the internet and
offenders will adapt to the current technologies available.
CONCLUSIONS
The producers of abuse images are likely to use small, secure areas of the
internet that are password protected to share the images for free.
There has been a significant decrease in the number of active commercial
sites that can be identified.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1
An in-depth de-brief interviews of convicted purchasers across
Europe should be commissioned to understand the motivations
behind the purchases of child abuse images.
Recommendation 2
Convicted distributors of child abuse images should be de-briefed
in order to identify their motivations, the systems utilised and the
payment processes used.
Recommendation 3
A central European database should be held of identified child
abuse image sites, preferably by a central European law
enforcement agency (Europol).
Recommendation 4
Hotlines throughout Europe should be encouraged to share their
data with Europol as well as INHOPE.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 5
A clear definition of what constitutes a commercial site providing
child abuse images is required so that different agencies can utilise
the same methodology.
Recommendation 6
A more in-depth understanding of other access points is required
in order to understand the relations between commercial and
other access points and the effect targeting commercial sites may
have on these other areas, and offender behaviour.
Recommendation 7
Further research should be conducted into the ‘hidden’
commercial sites to identify if anecdotal evidence that the modus
operandi of distributors has changed, can be converted into
quantifiable evidence.
Giuseppe Giliberti
Seconded National Expert from Italy
Europol - Criminal Finances and Technology Unit
[email protected]
INTELLIGENCE BENEFITS PANEL
DISCUSSION
PANEL MEMBERS
Cathy Cummings ICMEC
Sergio Staro Italian National Postal and
Communication Police
Steve Wilson VISA
Valerio Papajorgji Europol
Jane Thomas EFC Secretariat
MODERATOR
Keith Groves MasterCard
WELCOME TO DAY 2
Shaping and Influencing the future
of the EFC
Steve Wilson
VISA Europe
Co-Chair of the Payments Industry
Working Group
Building a Global Network
The European Financial Coalition: Not Just a Picture Conference
September 2010
Agenda
• Sponsor Organizations
• US FCACP – History and Update
• Building a Global Movement
• Next Steps
International Centre for
Missing & Exploited Children
• Works to combat child abduction and child
sexual exploitation globally.
• Provides training and assistance to law
enforcement, legal professionals, NGOs, and
governments.
• Advocates for changes in laws, treaties, and
systems to protect children worldwide.
National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children
• Serves as the U.S. clearinghouse of
information on missing and sexually exploited
children.
• Works in cooperation with the U.S.
Department of Justice and U.S. Department of
Homeland Security to provide services for
families and law enforcement
NCMEC’s CyberTipline
www.cybertipline.com
• The U.S. Congress asked NCMEC to
become the 9-1-1 for the Internet in
1998.
• Receives reports regarding child sexual
exploitation from the public and ISPs.
Reality of Child Pornography
A study out of the United States demonstrated
that:
• 83% of arrested child pornography
possessors had images of children 6 to 12
years old.
• 39% had images of children 3 to 5 years old.
• 19% had images of infants and toddlers
under age 3.
Solutions
• Work with law enforcement
• Prosecute vigorously
• Adopt legislation
• Work with private industry
Private Industry
Financial Coalition
Against Child Pornography
(FCACP)
One Goal
Disrupt the Economics of the Child
Pornography Business
FCACP Members
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America Online
American Express Company
Banco Bradesco
Bank of America
Bank of New York-Mellon
Capital One
Chase Paymentech Solutions
CheckFree
Citigroup
CyberSource-Authorize.Net
Deutsche Bank Americas
Discover Financial Services LLC
First Data Corporation
First National Bank of Omaha
Elavon
Global Payments Inc.
GoDaddy.com, Inc.
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Google
Green Dot Corporation
HSBC-North America
JP Morgan Chase
MasterCard
Microsoft
National Processing Company
North American Bancard
PayPal
Premier Bankcard, LLC
Propay Inc.
Standard Chartered Bank
Visa
Wells Fargo
Western Union
Xoom.com
Yahoo! Inc.
First Priorities
• Develop a process for test card
transactions in collaboration with law
enforcement.
• Build out CyberTipline to accommodate
information from financial companies.
Other Accomplishments
1. Built forums for dissemination of trend
info and other data to select FCACP
partners.
2. Published two thought-leadership
pieces.
3. Aligned with the mobile industry.
How Do We Know
It Is Working?
• Increasingly difficult for law
enforcement to do a test transaction
with a traditional payment tool.
• Fewer commercial sites being reports.
• Positive feedback from law
enforcement.
• Some sites refusing U.S.-issued credit
cards.
Building a Global Movement
The Asia Pacific Financial Coalition
Against Child Pornography
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Led by PayPal and ICMEC Singapore
Allen & Overy research underway
AFP, Australia Cards Risk Council
Thai Bankers Association
New Zealand Forum
Building a Global Movement
Brazil
• MOU signed between government, private
sectors, and NGOs
• Banco Bradesco-ICMEC event
• ABECS and Febraban leadership
Building a Global Movement
Swedish Financial Coalition
• Driven by ECPAT Sweden, law enforcement,
and Skandiabanken
• 12 banks are signed on
• Minister of Finance is Chairman
Building a Global Movement
Next Steps
• Establish collaboration between US FCACP
and the EFC
• Extend to other regions
• Create a global dialogue
Comments or Questions?
www.icmec.org
GABRIELLE SHAW
HEAD OF
INTERNATIONAL AND
RELATIONS
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
CHAIRS:
Delphine Moralis – Red Group
Keith Groves – Green Group
Valerio Papajorgji – Blue Group
Jean-Christophe Le Toquin – Yellow
Group
Summary of Conference
Sergio Staro
Italian National Postal and
Communication Police
Jakub Boratyński
Head of Unit
Directorate-General Home Affairs (DG HOME)
Unit A2: Fight against Organised Crime
European Commission
Directorate-General Home Affiars
“There’s nothing competitive in eradicating
child abuse images…..”
Steve Wilson
VISA Europe
“This is a global problem and requires a
global network to respond…..”
Cathy Cummings
International Center for Missing and
Exploited Children (ICMEC)
“We have to stay ahead of the game –
criminals are always trying to find new ways
to get away with their crime…..”
Maggie Lazarisdas
South Eastern European
Coalition, Smile of the Child
“There is a need for more organisations to get
involved with the EFC…..”
Jean-Christophe le Toquin
Microsoft