Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Inquiry into Criminal Activity and Law Enforcement during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Broadhurst, Roderic

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“…The Tor network itself cannot filter the content transferred because it is encrypted. A significant portion (46.6%) of the onion services are estimated to share some grey area content, ranging from the discussion of illegal activities (i.e., how to order illegal drugs) to providing illegal services (i.e., marketplaces for illegal drugs) (see Broadhurst (2021)). As of 2014, an estimated 17% of the onion services provided "adult content," about half of which was classified as CSAM (Spitters, Verbruggen, and Van Staalduinen 2014).…”

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“…As of 2014, an estimated 17% of the onion services provided "adult content," about half of which was classified as CSAM (Spitters, Verbruggen, and Van Staalduinen 2014). For example, The Welcome to Video onion service (Broadhurst 2021), a forum that traded CSAM between July 2015 and March 2018, offered over 250,000 CSAM files (eight terabytes) and had 4,000 customers who paid with cryptocurrencies.…”

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Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse Material Users Contacting Children Online

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Ovaska²,

Nurmi³

et al. 2022

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This study explores a sample of 1,546 anonymous individuals who voluntarily responded to our "Help us to help you" survey when searching for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the dark web. Nearly half (42%) of the respondents reported that they had sought direct contact with children through online platforms after viewing CSAM, and 58% reported feeling afraid that viewing CSAM might lead to sexual acts with a child or adult. This study analyses whether certain risk factors are linked to a higher likelihood of contacting children after viewing CSAM. It finds that certain factors are associated with a self-reported likelihood of having contacted children online after viewing CSAM, including more frequent use of CSAM, older age of first exposure to CSAM, viewing CSAM depicting toddlers and infants, having thoughts of self-expressing prior to viewing CSAM, and being in contact with other CSAM users.

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Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse Material Users Contacting Children Online

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Ovaska²,

Nurmi³

et al. 2022

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The structure of the illegal economy and its relationship to money laundering

Sonsuphap

2022

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Money laundering in the illegal economy is a big global concern; consequently, numerous international regulations have been adopted to prevent the issue (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime [UNODC], 2009). This research describes the structure of the illegal economy in Thailand and the relationship between money laundering and the three forms of the illegal economy (drugs, gambling, and corruption). Those who participated in three activities were interviewed in-depth, and then the results were analyzed using theoretical analysis and constant comparison analysis. The results indicate that strong demand and supply within Thailand and along its borders have created a substantial black market in the country, and money laundering arises through several avenues. The structural relationship of Thailand’s extralegal economy is a result of the imperfection of the official economy and the degree to which the state market mechanism is intervened with various measures. Due to the complexity of the illegal economy, a large number of agencies are involved, resulting in an information system that cannot be categorized as including atypical transactions. Therefore, it is a big difficulty and a hindrance to swiftly assembling the complete litigation. This report offers the government and legal sectors with advice for combating illegal economies.

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Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Inquiry into Criminal Activity and Law Enforcement during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse Material Users Contacting Children Online

Risk Factors for Child Sexual Abuse Material Users Contacting Children Online

The structure of the illegal economy and its relationship to money laundering

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