Microsoft is preparing to release an upgraded version of the Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) that will enhance collaboration between law enforcement agencies around the world who use it. KINSA Vice-Chair Paul Gillespie was instrumental in the development of CETS, which identifies "non-obvious social connections" in online child sexual exploitation investigations.
According to Microsoft Canada, CETS has been credited with the arrests of 64 suspects and the rescue of 43 victims of child pornography and sexual exploitation. Nine of those suspects, and 22 of the victims came from the Toronto area.
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