Oh Dear - CEOP? - Peter Davies? - Colin Port? - Jim ... Smells Like Cod, To Us

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Police chief in charge of online abuse team faces bullying claims

"The specialist police unit which deals with online paedophiles [sic] and advises children on cyberbullying was in turmoil last night after its chief officer was revealed to be under investigation over complaints about ill-treatment of staff.

The allegations against Peter Davies, chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), have been the subject of a secretive inquiry by a former chief constable.

The investigation was led by Colin Port, former chief of Avon & Somerset, and one of the country’s most experienced detectives."

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article3839224.ece

1st October 2013

CEOP chief faces probe over behaviour

"Complaint over Peter Davies' management style leads to external investigation just days before launch of National Crime Agency."

http://www.policeoracle.com/news/Police+Staff/2013/Oct/01/CEOP-chief-faces-probe-over-behaviour_71534.html

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You mean, this Colin Port? 

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Police chief Colin Port will meet own costs of legal battle

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Police-chief-Colin-Port-meet-costs-legal-battle/story-17825696-detail/story.html#axzz2bW3ygRbs

Avon and Somerset Police boss Colin Port loses court action

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20944403

Outgoing Bristol police chief Colin Port treated to £4,000 party - at taxpayer's expense

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Outgoing-Bristol-police-chief-Colin-Port-treated/story-18210158-detail/story.html#axzz2bW3ygRbs

Who blinked first?

http://www.annaraccoon.com/madeleine-mccann/colin-port-jim-bateswho-blinked-first/

Death rattles from the ongoing Colin Port saga…..

http://www.annaraccoon.com/madeleine-mccann/colin-port-jim-bates-operation-ore-madeleine-mccann-death-rattles-from-the-ongoing-colin-port-saga/

Colin Port

http://www.annaraccoon.com/tag/colin-port/

Bates V Colin Port (Victory for Bates)

http://forum.obu-investigators.com/viewtopic.php?p=10241

UK computer forensics expert Jim Bates wins High Court appeal against a police search warrant

http://p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/blog/2009/05/uk-computer-forensics-expert-jim-bates-wins-high-court-appeal-against-a-police-s.html 

Bristol police chief cleared of contempt of court

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Police-chief-cleared-contempt-court/story-11255613-detail/story.html#axzz2bW3ygRbs

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Sunday 29 September 2013 16.34 BST

Child protection agency chief under investigation over staff bullying claims

"Lincolnshire police say inquiry is under way into Peter Davies after complaints about his management style.

Peter Davies, head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, has not been suspended and remains in his post.

The head of the specialist agency that tackles online child abuse and bullying is under police investigation over allegations about the ill treatment of his staff.

Sussex police is carrying out an inquiry into Peter Davies, chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), after grievances were lodged against him, some from senior staff, about his management style, including claims of bullying."

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/29/child-protection-peter-davies-bullying-claims

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Cya, Peter ...

29 Nov 2013 
 
New head of CEOP and four non-exec directors appointed to NCA

"The National Crime Agency (NCA) has appointed a new head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) command and four non-executive directors.

Johnny Gwynne, an assistant chief officer in Police Scotland currently on secondment to the National Crime Agency as deputy director of the Organised Crime Command, is to take up the leadership of the CEOP command on a permanent basis.

He was previously deputy director general of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency before it was amalgamated into the single national police force for Scotland in April this year. He replaces Deputy Chief Constable Peter Davies who was seconded from Lincolnshire Police to lead CEOP in November 2010.

The NCA said Mr Gwynne was appointed following a competitive process and paid tribute to Mr Davies."

http://www.policeprofessional.com/news.aspx?id=17214

November 2013 

New appointments to National Crime Agency

"The Director of CEOP role has been filled on a secondment basis since November 2010 by Peter Davies of Lincolnshire Police, the national policing lead on child protection.

Keith Bristow paid tribute to Peter Davies, saying:

“Peter has worked tirelessly to maintain CEOP’s unique contribution to safeguarding children from sexual abuse and exploitation. During his time as CEO, he steered [steered? right ;} ] the organisation through a period of significant change and its transition into the NCA. CEOP is now better able to protect children by drawing on the NCA’s specialist skills, wider resources, and international reach”. "

http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/277-new-appointments-to-national-crime-agency

You never stood a chance, against the Old Guard, Peter.

What Do You Call A Hired-Hand Barrister, At The Bottom Of The Sea ...?

14th May 2013

Weak [sic] UK laws put children at risk of sexual abuse, warns ACPO report

"The United Kingdom’s law and extra-jurisdictional policing arrangements are putting vulnerable children at high risk [sic] of sexual abuse, by their failure [sic] either to prevent British sex offenders from travelling or to prosecute them when they commit offences abroad, according to a new report commissioned by the Association of Chief Police Officers released today."

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/media/weak-uk-laws-put-children-risk-sexual-abuse-warns-acpo-report

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Civil Prevention Orders: Sexual Offences Act 2003

ACPO COMMISSIONED REVIEW OF THE EXISTING STATUTORY SCHEME AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM

V0.6 MAY 2013

ACPO Lead: Peter Davies [CEOP]
Lead author: Hugh Davies OBE QC [Anyone in the CPI/Police who will pay]
Co-authors: Christine Beddoe [ECPAT]; Stephanie McCourt [CEOP]; Janet McIntrye [CEOP/BFNI]; DCI John Geden [CEOP]; DC Alan Morgan [MPS PPU]

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

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HUGH DAVIES OBE QC

"Criminal law; police regulation; inquests; associated public law

Extensive experience of serious crime, including leading multi-handed prosecutions involving serious organized crime on behalf of the National Crime Squad (now SOCA/NCA); the National Hi Tech Crime Unit; and so-called “cybercrime” cases investigated by the Police Central eCrime Unit (PCeU). Particular expertise in prosecuting offences involving child exploitation, either involving the internet, or by way of extra-jurisdictional contact offending against children."

"Co-author CBA submission to Home Office consultation in relation to criminalising possession of extreme pornography [2006]

Legal advisor to the Children’s Charities Coalition for Internet Safety (CHIS) [2005 - ]

Chair of ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) inter-agency legal advisory panel on internet and international crimes against children [2008 - ]

Member of the ACPO Combating Child Abuse on the Internet (CCAI) committee and travelling sex offenders working group [2007 - ]

Member of the new ACPO child protection executive board and plenary boards (multi-disciplinary expert boards directed at all aspects of the policing of crimes against children, nationally and extra-territorially)

Head of the Bar Human Rights Committee Child Rights Unit [2009 - ] (directed at initiatives to address international child exploitation, and involving projects with local jurisdiction NGOs, police forces, Government, and prosecutors."

http://3rblaw.com/barristers/hugh-davies

Hugh Davies, OBE QC

"An independent [sic] member of the national ACPO child-protection working group, with a documented interest in preventing the international exploitation of children, he was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to children and young people."

http://litvinenkoinquest.org/inquest-team

Hugh Davies OBE QC

"1990 Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn. Tenant at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London.

27 March 2013 Queen’s Counsel

Hugh Davies has extensive experience of conducting proceedings involving allegations of serious and organized crime, including leading prosecutions on behalf of the National Crime Squad and the National Hi Tech Crime Unit (now SOCA). This has included prosecuting offences involving child exploitation, either involving the internet, or by way of extra-jurisdictional contact offending against children. He is head of the Bar Human Rights Committee Child Rights Unit and an independent member of the ACPO child protection executive board. He delivers training to judges and other professionals in relation to crimes involving indecent photographs of children. He was made an OBE in 2011 for services to children and young people.

Additionally, he specialises in proceedings relating to the actions and accountability of police forces and police officers, including defending charges of manslaughter, corruption, attempts to pervert the course of justice, and misconduct in public office. He also has extensive associated experience advising and representing police officers at public inquiries; inquests; IPCC supervised investigations; internal disciplinary proceedings and associated judicial review proceedings. He is Counsel to the Inquest in relation to the death of Alexander Litvinenko, and coauthor of Police Misconduct, Complaints, and Public Regulation, OUP, 2009."

http://www.ecpat.org.uk/sites/default/files/the_davies_review.pdf

10 January 2012

Hugh Davies recognised in New Year Honours List

"We offer our warm congratulations to Hugh Davies who, in his capacity as Legal Adviser to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), has been awarded an OBE for services to Children and Young People."

http://3rblaw.com/news/14446/hugh-davies-recognised-in-new-year-honours-list

The BS Just Keeps Coming From CEOP

7:00AM BST 21 Jun 2012

Police target 'anonymous' paedophiles [sic] on 'hidden internet'

"Paedophiles [sic] who trade in indecent images of children on the so-called “hidden internet” in the belief they can remain anonymous are to be targeted in a crackdown by Britain’s specialist child protection police unit.

Ceop, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, said such sex offenders would be its “top priority” for the next year and that “many” paedophiles [sic] are now using hidden internet services.

“Some offenders have come to mistakenly believe that there are areas online, or tactics they can employ, that will cover their tracks from law enforcement,” said Peter Davies, chief executive of Ceop.

“This is not the case. There is nowhere to hide.

“We will be specifically targeting these offenders over the coming months with the full range of policing resources.”

The hidden internet is typically accessed using software such as Tor, originally developed by the United States government to make it more difficult to trace the source of traffic.

Ceop is dues [sic] to be incorporated into the new National Crime Agency next year, a reorganisation that prompted Mr Davies’ predecessor, Jim Gamble to resign [was that the reason, Jim?].

The Home Secretary Theresa May said the unit would be “further enhanced” as part of the National Crime Agency by “sharing intelligence to expose the links between child exploitation and other forms of serious and organised crime”" [ah, we see where this is going]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9345144/Police-target-anonymous-paedophiles-on-hidden-internet.html

Published Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 13:30

UK Security: CEOP target 'anonymous' online child sex offenders

"Home Secretary Theresa May said:

“CEOP has gone from strength to strength and the Government fully supports its vital work, keeping children safe [sic] and bringing predatory [sic] sex offenders to justice.

“Protecting 427 children from sexual abuse last year is a major achievement – each and every one of them now has a chance to enjoy a proper childhood, free from harm. [what on Earth are you talking about, Theresa?] CEOP’s role will be further enhanced next year when it becomes part of the new National Crime Agency, sharing intelligence to expose the links between child exploitation and other forms of serious and organised crime.”

http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/51380/print

CEOP Goes Covert On Dark Web To Snare Paedophiles [sic]

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/ceop-going-covert-on-dark-web-to-snare-paedophiles-83513 

Online child abuse offenders have 'nowhere to hide', says Ceop

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=20067

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Comment:

But, we are a little confused, Peter ... who is lying, you or the FBI? ...

Jun 12, 2012 6:55 pm UTC

FBI halted one child porn inquiry because Tor got in the way

"Feds closed "assessment" of child porn found on Silk Road, a Tor hidden service.

The FBI appears to have been stymied by Tor on at least one occasion. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Justice reveals that at least in one instance, an FBI inquiry into illegal child pornography (also known as child abuse imagery) on a Tor-protected site was apparently halted in its tracks due to the use of the anonymizing tool."

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/fbi-halted-one-child-porn-inquiry-because-tor-got-in-the-way/

FBI claims that Tor stymied child abuse investigation

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/06/14/fbi-tor-child-abuse-investigation/

'Dark Net' keeps FBI from investigating child porn

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47815897/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/dark-net-keeps-fbi-investigating-child-porn/#.T-Lqq5GcKhI

Tor anonymizing tool stymied FBI child porn inquiry, document reveals

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/12/3081405/tor-stops-fbi-child-pornography-inquiry

FBI Hunt For Child Porn Thwarted By Tor

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/06/12/0042214/fbi-hunt-for-child-porn-thwarted-by-tor 

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(UKPA) – 9 hours ago

'427 children safeguarded by unit'

"More than 400 children were safeguarded from online paedophiles [sic] in the last year, a specialist police unit has said.

In the last 12 months, 427 children were safeguarded or protected by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).

That included 60 victims [of what? Case citations please] who were found by Ceop identification teams, for example through looking at child abuse images online and tracing those children involved [how many of those, then, Peter? ... oh, and how many would you have found without the availability of the images?]. The figure also includes children who sex abuse suspects had access to as well as children who have been abused. [oh yes, we know exactly what it means]

The agency arrested 192 suspects in the last year, not including more than 100 arrests made in a 48-hour operation last week.

Peter Davies, chief executive of Ceop, said: "The safeguarding of so many children this year speaks for itself [in what way, Peter?] and is a tremendous achievement [sic].

We've identified the groups of offenders and sexual predators we believe pose the greatest risk to children and have prioritised these."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5j6kmSiwaVtI3XB0gyKONHP4VauFQ?docId=N0408241340206720981A

'427 children safeguarded by unit'

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/427-children-safeguarded-by-unit-16175187.html

21 June 2012

CEOP launches latest threats

"CEOP's 2012 threat assessment. An analysis of the threat to the United Kingdom from child sexual abuse and exploitation."

"CEOP’s Thematic Assessment ‘A Picture of Abuse' identifies a strong correlation between those who commit IIOC possession offences and contact offending, and explores research and practitioner experience to deliver in-depth analysis [sic] of this issue."

http://ceop.police.uk/Documents/ceopdocs/CEOPThreatA_2012_190612_web.pdf

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Comment:

The question we posed, to the Home Secretary, is quite simple:

What is the cost of CEOP in £ per conviction?

We also asked you, in the past, how many convictions, for what and where?

Please answer these, Peter; Jim would not.

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Careless Talk, Loses Many Things

19 June 2012

SOCA sued over Sun 'paedophile leak'

"A retired musician who won damages from The Sun after being branded a paedophile is now taking on the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.

GG says The Sun wrongly claimed he was a paedophile [really?] who had been deported from Thailand after SOCA supplied the paper with his name and passport photo.

The article led him to fear for his life, he says, claiming the allegation was untrue and that he was deported from Thailand in July 2010 after being convicted of remaining in the country without a valid visa.

Sun publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) later accepted the allegation was untrue and agreed to publish a correction and pay “substantial” damages to G.

He is now suing SOCA for damages of £50,000 and wants to make a statement in open court claiming the organisation breached his human rights.

The March 2011 story – headlined “Smashed: World’s biggest paedo ring” [sic] – claimed he had been arrested by the Operation Rescue investigation into child sex offences.

G, 67, says SOCA’s actions caused him significant distress, anxiety and humiliation.

In a High Court writ, he claims a police officer from SOCA acted without checking the accuracy of the claims and that the body failed to appropriately respond to his complaint.

SOCA replied to his solicitors in March 2012 saying he had recently been charged with possessing indecent images, and querying how these criminal proceedings would impact on his civil claim.

G says he had not been charged with any offence, and that the suggestion he had been was extremely upsetting and distressing. SOCA, he argues, has never apologised or retracted the allegations."

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=49514&c=1

Sun pays damages to musician over 'paedo ring' story

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48231&c=1

The Sun pays damages over false child sex offence claim

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/11/sun-damages-false-child-sex-claim

The Sun pays out over paedophile slur

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/the-sun-pays-out-over-paedophile-slur-16076481.html

The Sun newspaper fined after wrongly calling Liverpool musician a paedophile

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/11/12/the-sun-newspaper-fined-after-wrongly-calling-liverpool-musician-a-paedophile-100252-29762307/

Published: 06 Jan 2012

"GG - apology

ON 17 March, 2011, we wrongly reported that GG was deported from Thailand for child sex offences as part of an international investigation.

We sincerely [sic] apologise to him for this error and the distress caused."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4042556/GG-apology.html

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Comment:

Guess who the architect of this story was?

Yes, of course, Mr Anthony France, again, with Ms Keenan's assistance (yes, The OSC gets a mention).

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