The UK should consider introducing laws to seize the houses of people who commit online sexual exploitation of children, a senior police chief said.
Detective Chief Inspector Simon Welch, the economic crime coordinator of the National Police Chiefs, said he was open to the United Kingdom after the example of Australian federal officers, who started to grab the property of convicted pedophiles and those involved in online abuse.
Last year that the confiscation of the Australian assets Taskforce successfully applied to the Supreme Court to have a 34 -year pedophile at home – worth 375,000 Australian dollars, or about £ 180,000.
The house was then sold and used for crime prevention, law enforcement and community initiatives, although the move was also intended as a deterrent for other perpetrators.
DCI Welch said that the UK should consider whether the British law – which usually allows the forfeiture of ownership under the proceeds of Crime Act – should be updated to seize the assets of criminals, even if they don't seem to make money with their insult.
The police officer of the city of London told The Daily Mail: 'The Australian model is interesting. And in the right circumstances I am not against it (home ownership).
'If it is a serial perpetrator and you take it, why not?
'There is enormous caution around it, but we have to look at what we can do to control them.
'We must investigate whether it is a possibility for the highest level of perpetrators to prevent crime.
The UK should consider introducing laws to seize the houses of people who commit online sexual exploitation of children, a senior police chief said (Stock image)
Emma Reynolds (photo), the Minister of Finance who is responsible for tackling economic crime, said the top in London that it was crucial for the private sector to identify suspicious activities and discover victims of online sexual exploitation
'If we have a high level, productive perpetrators, to what extent can we chase them to give examples of them?
'This (online sexual exploitation of children) is such a problem. There must be consequences for this kind of behavior. '
He spoke in London after a milestone report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) International Money Launning and terrorist financing of the watchdog, which called for the illegal funds that encourage online children's exploitation to be stopped.
About 300 million children around the world – about one in eight – are counted every year to be affected by online sexual abuse and exploitation, with advanced criminals who use coding, anonymous financial transactions and weak international cooperation to avoid detection.
The report identified ways in which governments, financial institutions and technology companies can be used to disrupt these financial networks and to prevent the exploitation of children.
Emma Reynolds, the Minister of Finance who is responsible for tackling economic crime, said the top in London that it was crucial for the private sector to identify suspicious activities and discover victims of online sexual exploitation.
She said to representatives: 'Our message is clear – to those who harm our children, we just close it to you. We will identify you, we will find you and you will justify you. We have made a united commitment to act … but this is just the beginning. '
