Knowledge (XXG)

Operation Pin

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The websites will present visitors with a variety of options which, instead of leading to illegal images, lead to a law enforcement site that will inform them that their personal details have been recorded and that they have committed a crime. They will also be given details of appropriate helplines.
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The stated purpose of Operation Pin is to cause people seeking out child pornography on the Internet to wonder whether they will find an illegal site or one operated by law enforcement agencies. It can thus be understood as a kind of
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To affect the credibility of the existing CP sites, and capture information from persons seeking CP sites
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It is unclear if the information recorded will be technical (for example, an
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and other people who are using the internet to access
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Virtual Global Taskforce
National Crime Agency
Australian Federal Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Australia
Virtual Global Taskforce
National Crime Squad
FBI
Interpol
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Australian Hi-Tech Crime Centre
pedophiles
child pornography
honeypots
IP address
credit card
deterrence
Online dragnet to thwart paedophiles
BBC News
Police to trap online paedophiles
BBC News
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law enforcement
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