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AIBU to ask people to just spend 2 minutes looking at these pictures? *MNHQ warning for images containing items relating to Child Sexual Abuse*

299 replies

KitKat1985 · 23/03/2019 13:37

Europol are once again asking members of the public for help with solving child sex abuse cases. In many explicit photos of children there are clues in the backgrounds (objects / scenery) that can help Europol identify the locations the images were taken, and help therefore identify where the exploited children have come from and find the perpetrators. Europol are therefore asking for the public to help identify objects / scenery from the backgrounds of some explicit photos taken of children. All explicit material / images of children have been removed from the pictures before being posted by Europol. I figure Mumsnet with a large international readership may well have at least one member who can identify an item / location from one of the images posted, so if we can all spend 2 minutes viewing the images it may well help Europol with their investigations.

www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse

OP posts:
littlecabbage · 23/03/2019 21:56

Bump

fairybeagle · 23/03/2019 21:56

Heartbreaking. Bump.

Bitchinwitch · 23/03/2019 21:57

So was I! Sadly didn't recognise anythingnhough :( it's snippets of things like brands of clothing and background scenery so people can locate areas etc

tabulahrasa · 23/03/2019 21:59

There’s nothing graphic, it’s close ups of things like tshirts, ornaments... there’s some landscapes, things like a set of swings in a park where they’ve taken children out of the picture leaving white silhouettes.

It is disturbing in a - they’re dead ordinary objects way and where things have been removed you know something graphic or an actual child has been taken out of the photo.

But you don’t see anything actually graphic in itself.

RandomMess · 23/03/2019 21:59

Nope couldn't help, hope someone can.

mintich · 23/03/2019 22:00

That made me feel horrible. Sadly I don't recognise anything

teaisabrew · 23/03/2019 22:01

The hat is Albanian, just looking up football tops

KnobJockey · 23/03/2019 22:05

Neurotic, it's either a location or focused on objects. Any child or person is completely blanked out. However, in a couple of pictures, they a literally a white silhouette against a location, so you can tell it's s child of a rough age, and they want to know where the location is. For others it's a logo on a t-shirt, or a close up of objects on a bedside table.

Ilove31415926535 · 23/03/2019 22:08

Didn't recognise anything, but bump

neuroticnumpty · 23/03/2019 22:11

Thank you for the responses. I have looked but couldn't identify anything.
I do feel upset but it's worth if just one person can be helped.

teaisabrew · 23/03/2019 22:12

There's a thread on twitter saying the football top could be a team in Vietnam

LizziesTwin · 23/03/2019 22:16

Bump

GrandTheftWalrus · 23/03/2019 22:28

Hope these pics help. So sad.

EmmaC78 · 23/03/2019 22:37

Don't recognise anything but bumping the thread.

Datun · 23/03/2019 22:41

Really good idea, OP. Nothing from me I'm afraid.

Bumping.

Chocmallows · 23/03/2019 22:44

Bump

AmIBU123 · 23/03/2019 22:44

Sadly I didn't recognise anything Sad

GinaCarbonara · 23/03/2019 22:46

Bump

Zooop · 23/03/2019 22:48

Looked but can’t help. Bump.

Isitmeornot · 23/03/2019 22:51

Bump

SurgeHopper · 23/03/2019 22:51

Don't recognise anything, bumping

SurgeHopper · 23/03/2019 22:52

For some reason I find that coca cola benches one awful -

keepforgettingmyusername · 23/03/2019 22:55

@SurgeHopper I got to Coca Cola benches and had to click off. Awful.

AmericanHousewifeFan · 23/03/2019 23:05

I don't recognise anything but it's a great idea OP. I'll check it regularly from now on.

TheVanguardSix · 23/03/2019 23:05

The baseball cap is the Albanian flag and colours.