Malaysia To Exchange Sex Offenders List With Other Countries

Asia Observer
By D.Arul Rajoo

"The Royal Malaysia Police, who are considering publishing the list of convicted child sex offenders, plan to exchange information on paedophiles, rapists, human traffickers and other criminals with enforcement agencies world-wide. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said that initially they would exchange the database of such offenders with their counterparts in Europe and Asean. "We want closer networking with other countries due to the trend in human trafficking". full story

Hi-tech tool against paedophiles unveiled

By Duncan Walker
BBC News Online

A computer database which can identify paedophiles and their victims within seconds has been unveiled by police. The Childbase system uses sophisticated software to compare the faces of people in new abusive images with those in pictures already investigated.

"We are trying to make the global village an area we police in a global sense.""

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