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The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has partnered INTERPOL to organise the 7th Victim Identification Task Force (VIDTF) Asia, which was held at the Police Cantonment Complex, Singapore, from 8 to 12 December 2025.

29 law enforcement officers from INTERPOL, Singapore, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Europol, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam spent the week analysing  more than 450 series of child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) comprising at least 33,000 images, videos and audio files of abuse believed to have taken place in Asia, or showing Asian victims. These CSAM depicted unknown victims. 

The coordinated efforts by the 29 officers led to abuse locations being identified from the analysis of at least 210   series of CSAM involving more than 345 victims and 190   offenders. Information packages were sent to the relevant countries for investigation. 

In his opening address to the 29 officers who participated in the VIDTF, 1 Deputy Director of CID, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police (SAC) Yeo Yee Chuan, said that the anonymity offered by technology and the Internet has emboldened criminals in their offending behaviour. The widespread use of digital platforms heightens children’s vulnerability to exploitation while allowing perpetrators to overcome geographical constraints and access unsuspecting victims with unprecedented ease. Given these global realities of child sexual exploitation, transnational collaboration between law enforcement agencies is critical. SAC Yeo thanked INTERPOL for being the driving force behind international law enforcement efforts to tackle transnational crime, with the Crimes against Children Unit leading victim identification efforts in Asia since 2018, when the first Victim Identification Task Force in Asia was organised at INTERPOL’s Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore. Since then, the Task Force has been successful in identifying victims and abuse locations, enabling member countries to commence investigations and rescue victims.

INTERPOL 7th Victim ID Task Force (VIDTF) Asia 2025

Officers from 20 jurisdictions working at Police Cantonment Complex to identify abuse locations, victims and offenders