Online child exploitation across New Zealand (OCEANZ)
OCEANZ is a specialist team proactively working to save children in New Zealand as part of a Virtual Global Taskforce (VGT) focused on child exploitation.
The squad:
- coordinates international operations into online paedophile networks,
- identifies child sexual offenders by electronically patrolling social network websites,
- targets New Zealand child exploitation sites, including those producing images and abuse for financial gain, in an effort to identify and rescue victims, as well as recovering proceeds of crime gathers intelligence for sharing with District-based child exploitation squads, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Customs, and international partners.
If you have any concerns about someone you know, or know of, offending against children or who may be using the internet or other electronic means to behave in an inappropriate or criminal way, please contact us through the link below.
Note - The Department of Internal Affairs are responsible for making sure that New Zealand's censorship legislation is enforced. This includes investigating the possession of, and trading in, child exploitation material.
See also:
- What parents and caregivers can do to protect children from paedophiles
- Child safety online [www.dia.govt.nz]
- Censorship and the Internet [www.dia.govt.nz]
- Internet Safety Info [www.netsafe.org.nz]
