Victim Identification

A global victim identification operation comprised of experts from around the world that use technology and resources to quickly identify and rescue children who are being sexually exploited online.

Why It Matters

The Problem

Through our work in Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation and our close relationships with law enforcement, we have come to learn that the videos and images of more than 50,000 unidentified children being abused, raped, and tortured are sitting in a global law enforcement database. These crime scene images, known as CSAM – child sexual abuse material, contain clues that could help locate and protect these children. With more than 36 million pieces of CSAM reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children CyberTipline in 2023 alone, we have to come together now to address this growing issue and get to these lives.

While there are so many heroes working to identify and protect children who are being sexually exploited, they are simply overwhelmed, under-resourced, and outnumbered by offenders. Identifying one child is a labor-intensive process as victim identification specialists need to piece together clues from the images that lead to a location, such as the country, city, and the specific location of the child. Only then can local law enforcement bring that child to safety and arrest the perpetrator.

The Solution

We believe there are three ways we can help push back this evil:

Unite: By coming alongside law enforcement around the world, our goal is to unite them together as one team to identify and protect as many of the more than 50,000 unidentified children as possible.

Train and Equip: By training and equipping analysts and investigators with the best and latest technology, they can fight this battle in their home countries.

Prevention: Through legislation, we can create an elite workforce that can use advanced technology to keep pace with identifying the thousands of new victims seen every year.