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users. Child sexual abuse material consumers are easy targets because they fear police involvement.238 Members of commercial groups, by definition, are in the business of distributing child sexual abuse material for financial or other gain. While observers agree that the commercial child sexual abuse material-sector is large, estimates of its exact size vary. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography estimates that the criminal child sexual abuse material-market generates between US$ 3 billion and 20 billion annually.239 Other estimates place the market at US$ 250 million per year.240 Suppliers of child sexual abuse material may specialize in particular types of child sexual abuse material or operate multiple sites to cater to customers’ varying demands. Commercial groups may further operate child sexual abuse material websites as a means of obtaining credit card payment information for use in other crimes. A/HRC/12/23. Paragraph 44. UNODC, 2010. Trafficking in Persons to Europe. The Globalization of Crime — A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment. P. 13. Available at http://www.unodc.org/documents/ data-and-analysis/tocta/TOCTA_Report_2010_low_res.pdf. 239 240 238 CSCE, 2006. P. 75. 34 STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ON THE ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN

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Study on the Effects of New Information Technologies on the Abuse and Exploitation of Children

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Cyber Crime
Cyber Terrorism
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Data Protection
Gender
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Prepared pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 2011/33 on Prevention, protection and international cooperation against the use of new information technologies to abuse and/or exploit children
Based primarily on open source research and the outcomes of an informal expert group meeting on ICT-facilitated abuse and exploitation of children
Includes four Chapters:
- Chapter I: identifies and defines key terms in analysing the problem of ICT-facilitated child abuse and exploitation and describes the most common types and forms of related behaviour
- Chapter II: evaluates the effects of ICTs on common forms of child abuse and exploitation; provides a brief overview of the main risk factors for victims as well as possible offender profiles; describes organized groups of offenders and the role of organized criminal networks in child abuse and exploitation
- Chapter III: identifies the main international and regional instruments relevant to combating the ICT-facilitated sexual abuse and exploitation of children
- Chapter III (additional section): provides an overview of different practices and policies adopted to combat ICT-facilitated child sexual abuse and exploitation, as well as opportunities to enhance the fight against such crimes
Includes Glossary or terms related to the Study’s scope and subject

Source Link 1: https://www.unodc.org/documents/Cybercrime/Study_on_the_Effects.pdf

Year Published: 2014

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