National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre

About Us

The National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC), an integral part of Canada’s National Police Services, was created to help protect children from online sexual exploitation.

The NCECC:

• is a national clearing house and coordination centre for all international requests to conduct investigations in
  Canada related to child sexual exploitation
  on the Internet;

• provides support to peace officers, in particular investigators involved in files dealing with child sexual exploitation on the Internet;

• builds relationships and collaborates with domestic and international partners to raise awareness and combat criminal activity which targets, exploits and abuses children; and,

• will help develop standards and guidelines within Canada and provide many levels of support to law enforcement investigators involved in files dealing with the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet.

Youth has been one of the RCMP’s five strategic priorities for a number of years. The issue of online sexual exploitation of children is one that has gained a greater profile over the past several years. The Internet has changed the way child sexual exploitation offences are committed, investigated and prosecuted. It has also destabilized the ability of Canada’s criminal justice system to respond effectively to this type of criminal activity.

As part of the Government of Canada’s National Strategy to protect children from online sexual exploitation, Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan announced the expansion of the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC) for law enforcement and the expansion of Manitoba-based Cybertip.ca on May 12, 2004.

Another component of the National Strategy is allowing Industry Canada's SchoolNet www.schoolnet.ca to pursue partnerships with the educational sector, the private sector and local and provincial levels of government to educate and raise public awareness about the Internet. Research, learning activities and other online resources will all promote the safe use of the Internet to children, youth, parents, teachers and youth professionals.

The NCECC team members include serious crime investigators and specialized, skilled civilians dedicated to protecting the world’s children from Internet-based sexual exploitation, whether it originates in Canada or abroad. Partnerships with all sectors - police, government, community, associations and the private sector - are key to the success of the coordination centre’s efforts.

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