Extract from Commons
consideration of the Draft Crime (International Co-operation) Act
2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and
Northern Ireland) Order 2022
(Halifax) (Lab):...The
provisions on information relating to banking transactions are
certainly welcome. The National Crime
Agency has warned that billions of pounds in dirty
money flow through the UK every year. Recent data published by
Experian shows that fraudulent activity costs the UK £190 billion
per year. The measures in the National Security Bill and the
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, alongside the
provisions in the draft order, are a long-overdue start on
getting a grip on illicit finances...
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Extracts from
Westminster Hall debate on Online Harms
(East Hampshire) (Con):...From
my most recent ministerial role as Minister of State for
Security, there are three areas covered in the Online Safety Bill
that I will mention to stress the importance of pressing on with
it and getting it passed into law. The first is child abuse,
which I have just mentioned. Of course, some child abuse is
perpetrated on the internet, but it is more about distribution.
Every time that an abusive image of a child is forwarded, that
victim is re-victimised. It also creates the demand for further
primary abuse. I commend the agencies, the National Crime
Agency and CEOP—Child Exploitation and Online
Protection Command—and the brilliant organisations, some of which
I have mentioned, that work in this area, including the
international framework around NCMEC, the National Centre for
Missing and Exploited Children, in the United States.
However, I am afraid that it is a growth area. That is why we
must move quickly. The National Crime
Agency estimates that between 550,000 and 850,000
people pose, in varying degrees, a sexual risk to children. Shall
I repeat those numbers? Just let them sink in. That is an
enormous number of people. With the internet, the accessibility
is much greater than ever before. The Internet Watch Foundation
notes a growth in sexual abuse content available online,
particularly in the category known as “self-generated” imagery...
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