A year-on-year rise in online paedophile activity is reported in Kent since the Covid lockdowns.
By Alex BishThe number of investigations into online paedophile activity in Kent has more than doubled within five years, a police force said.
Kent Police said referrals from the National Crime Agency have risen from 190 in 2018 to 501 last year.It is now expanding its paedophile online investigation team to deal with the increase in investigations.Det Ch Insp Shaun Creed says investigations have risen significantly since the coronavirus lockdowns
Det Ch Insp Shaun Creed said: "We have seen a significant growth in reports and they haven't gone back to pre-pandemic levels. "There was a significant jump between 2019 and 2020, and at the moment it continues to rise year on year."The Internet Watch Foundation , which hunts down and removes online child sexual abuse, has described the issue as "a social and digital emergency".since the pandemic lockdowns, IWF data released earlier this year suggested.
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