Topic: Child Pornography
Operation Megh Chakra
The CBI launched the Operation Megh Chakra to combat the spread of Child Sexual Abuse Materials online. Key facts The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched Operation Megh...
Maharashtra Police: Operation Blackface, TRACE and Crawler
Context in Current Affairs: The cyber wing of Maharashtra police has recently acquired a software called the “Crawler” from the INTERPOL that will help to track down child...
US: 25,000 Child porn cases in 5 months in India; Rajya Sabha panel report on child porn
On January 28, 2020, a non-profit organization in the US called the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) said that over 25,000 cases of child pornography...
OCSAE: On-line Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Prevention Unit set up by CBI
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has set up an On-line Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE) Prevention/Investigation Unit at New Delhi under its Special Crime Zone to tackle...
Parliament passes Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Parliament passed Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to provide stricter punishments for child sex abuse. It was first passed by Rajya Sabha on July...
POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019
The Rajya Sabha has passed the POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019. It will now be sent to the president for his approval before becoming the law. With it’s passage,...
Update : POSCO Act
The Government of India has approved new amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act. What is the POSCO Act? The POSCO act has been...Kim Jong Yang elected as new President of Interpol
Kim Jong Yang, a South Korean police officer, has been elected the new President of Interpol for a two-year term. He succeeded Meng Hongwei of China. The decision...
