New analyzing software by Florida-based NetClean Technologies will help fight child pornography on the net. The software, designed specifically for law enforcement agencies, will be debuted at the National Sheriff’s Association conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on June 20 – 25.
The following is a press release from Global Technology Solutions:
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. will get a major boost in fighting child abuse images, thanks to a new software program being provided to them at no cost. Currently in use throughout the law enforcement community in Europe, NetClean Technologies software “NetClean Analyze” is aimed at protecting children on the Internet. Distributed in North and South America by Global Technology Solutions (GTS), NetClean Analyze will be introduced at the National Sheriffs’ Association National Conference in Fort Lauderdale next week.
“NetClean’s software will help law enforcement agencies to fight child pornography and abuse,” said Richard Schubiger, CEO of Global Technology Solutions. “These products have successfully rooted out this horrible crime in Europe, and we’re proud to make it available in this part of the world.”
NetClean Analyze is an investigation tool for individual law enforcement agencies working with child abusive images and videos. Developed for the Swedish National Police, NetClean Analyze uses unique image recognition techniques to help police classify images and videos, and can catalog more than 500,000 images in a computer. Without NetClean Analyze, police officers must manually view and catalog each image or video, significantly slowing the investigative process. NetClean Analyze allows police to find new, uncatalogued pictures in a computer so new victims are identified more quickly, the abuse can be stopped and a child can be saved.
“We’re proud to be able to offer our solution in the USA,” said Christian Sjoberg, CEO of NetClean Technologies. “NetClean Analyze is a tool which can save investigators a lot of time. The police have fewer images to review, and in the end they can use that time to save children and prosecute more offenders.”
According to the 2008 Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Annual Report, 69 percent of child victims are under 10 years old, and 24 percent are six years old or younger. The National Center for Missing and Exploited children reports it has reviewed 23 million child pornography images and videos – 8.6 million just in 2008.
GTS will introduce NetClean’s child pornography fighting software at the National Sheriff’s Association Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, June 22-23, Booth #1011-13.
