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The Specialised Crime Branch (SCB) 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.
The VIDTF gathers law enforcement officers from across the Asia Pacific to jointly analyse child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) using various victim identification techniques. The aim of the Task Force is to identify the location of CSAM production, which would subsequently result in the apprehension of offenders and most importantly, rescuing of victims who are exploited in the production of such materials.
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.
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.
The SCB remains committed to working with INTERPOL and international law enforcement counterparts in tackling CSAM and online child sexual exploitation.
