S2E1: Child Exploitation, Partnerships, Victims - Stephen Ludlow - Corporal with the Victim Identification Specialist with the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre

Original Recording Date: 2022NOV09.

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.

TOPICS:

• Stephen's story.
• Persons crimes and complexities of investigations.
  • International partners.
• Organization of offenders.
  
  • Tools of the trade.
• Victim centric approach.
• Definitions and statistics.
• Mental health and well-being.

REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Organizations:

1. General resources: www.protectchildren.ca.
2. To report online child sexual exploitation, contact your local police or www.cybertip.ca which is Canada’s public reporting tip line.
3. Resources for adults and children: www.GetCyberSafe.ca.
4. Kids Help Phone: www.KidsHelpPhone.ca.

Profiles:

1. Profile on Stephen: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/gazette/qa-a-victim-identification-specialist-helps-rescue-kids-abuse.
2. RCMP National Child Exploitation Crime Centre: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/online-child-sexual-exploitation. 
3. ALERT Alberta ICE: https://alert-ab.ca/public-knowledge/child-exploitation/.