By John Glenday

The head of the National Crime Agency has warned that his organisation lacks the resources to target all paedophiles operating online, forcing it to advise low level offenders seek counselling rather than pursue criminal cases.

Lynne Owens said the problem of sexual exploitation of children online was now ‘too big to solve’ and that undercover investigators would now simply message suspects advising they seek help rather than seek to identify suspects due to the ‘massive’ volume of people involved in disseminating illegal material.

This would allow the crime agency to focus greater resources on identifying individuals responsible for the dissemination and creation Read full story ›

Source: The Drum