International Conference

Advances in the Analysis of
Online Paedophile Activity

Paris, France

2009, June, 2 - 3

Program

Thuesday, June 2d

• 10h : Opening, registration and coffee
• 10h30 : keynote address, Clémence Magnien (CNRS - UPMC, France)

Session 1, 10h45 - 12h30

• 10h45 : Guillaume Valadon, Computer Science (CNRS - UPMC, France), "Measurement of Paedophile Activities in eDonkey"
The goal of our measurements is to gather precise information about the eDonkey systems such as queries, filenames, or the first appearance of a client. Our objective is to improve the knowledge of the paedophile activity in p2p systems. We aim at giving an accurate and detailed view of what is going on concerning paedophile activity in currently running p2p systems. In this talk, we present the different kind of measurements that were conducted as well as preliminary results.
• 11h30 : Philippe Jarlov, Gendarmerie Nationale (Law enforcement institution, France), "Investigator's Problems Fighting Against Paedophilia on the Internet"
Pedophilie fighting on the internet requires a good knowledge of the practices, the network and the investigation techniques from the police officer.
While working on the net, the officer mustn't lose sight of the fact that behind the computer there may be someone who could be a child abuser in real life.

Lunch 12h30 - 14h

• 14h : Posters Presentation

Session 2, 15h - 17h

• 15h : Johan Garcia, Computer Science (Karlstad University, Sweden), "FIVES and P2P-based Intelligence Gathering"
This paper describes the FIVES project that has been initiated in order to develop tools that allow the police to efficiently evaluate large amounts of image and video material seized in connection with investigation of Child Sexual Abuse material (child-pornography). The FIVES project build on a 2 modular forensic engine and a number of modules that extract different types of relevant information in an automated fashion. The modular approach of FIVES makes it possible to easily extend to also consider the issue of P2P-based CSA distribution and related investigations. The connection between P2P and FIVES can be done both in the sense that FIVES modules can use information derived from P2P monitoring, as well as using FIVES as a starting point for an automated support tool for P2P investigations.
• 15h45 : Awais Rashid (Lancaster University, UK), "Isis: Protecting Children in Online Social Networks"
The aim of the Isis project is to develop an ethics-centred monitoring framework and tools for supporting law enforcement agencies in policing online social networks for the purpose of protecting children. The project is developing natural language analysis techniques to help identify child sex offenders from chat logs and monitoring mechanisms that can be non-invasively attached to file sharing systems for identifying the distributors of child abuse media. The ethical issues associated with such monitoring activities are studied through consultations with representatives from stakeholder communities and fed back into the development of the framework and tools. The project results are to be used and evaluated by specialist international law enforcement agencies as part of their own policing activities.

Coffee break : 16h30

• 17h : Vasja Vehovar (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia), "Networks of paedophilic keywords, IPs and datafiles"
Log files of a typical P2P service (eDonkey) were studied with specialized tool for analyzing large social networks (Pajek). The networks of potential paedophilic keywords, IPs (both, seekers and suppliers) and data files (hash) were discovered and relations between them were analyzed.

Wednesday, June 3th

Session 3, 9h - 12h30

• 9h : Julia Davidson, Criminology and Sociology (Kingston University, London, UK), "Internet Child Abuse: Understanding Offender Online Grooming Behavior"
The Internet is a vast global community with no geographical boundaries. Unlike any other community, the responsibility for security and the safety of its population is not the responsibility of one country, but is rather a shared, international responsibility. Criminal justice agencies and the Internet industry must increasingly work together to share information in order to protect children and young people who are the most vulnerable users of the Internet, this is a difficult process. This paper draws on recent research undertaken for the Metropolitan Police High Technology Crime unit in the UK and the Risk Management Authority, Scotland. The presentation seeks to describe recent research findings regarding the behaviour of Internet offenders who target and groom young people for the purposes of sexual abuse. This behaviour will be set against the backdrop of the legislative and practice context of law enforcement work in the UK.
• 9h45 : Ethel Quayle, Clinical and Health Psychology (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), "Child pornography: the exploitation and abuse of children"
While there has been considerable investment in the detection of online sexual offending against children there has been little interest in the children portrayed in the images. This is reflected in the paucity of research in this area and the fact that so few children have ever been identified. This presentation examines the existing literature and presents new data to explore both the nature of the images and what they might tell us about the children who are both abused and exploited.

Coffee break : 10h30

• 11h : Sean Hammond, Applied Pshychology (University College Cork, Ireland), "An examination of problematic paraphilic use of Peer to Peer facilities"
This paper describes a methodology for investigating the paraphilic use of Peer to Peer facilities. The focus is upon problematic paraphilias, by which we mean those that imply illegal and/or non-consensual activity. The methods applied involve a new technique for evaluating the co-occurrence of paraphilic themes in order to inform a psychological profiling of P2P users. A typal analysis derived from Configural Frequency Analysis is reported. This shows in particular, that hebephilic and paedophilic behaviour are interrelated in a more complex manner than is expected by pure legal classification.
• 11h45 : Posters Presentation

Lunch 12h30 - 14h

Session 4, 14h - 15h30h

• 14h : Adrian Dwyer, INHOPE (formerly Metropolitan Police, UK), "INHOPE - The International approach to combating the proliferation of Images of Child Sexual Abuse on the Internet"
The mission of the INHOPE Association is to support and enhance the performance of Internet Hotlines around the World; ensuring swift action is taken in responding to reports of illegal content to make the internet a safer place.
• 14h45 : Katharina Kunze, UE Project Manager (Youth Protection Roundtable, Berlin, Germany), "Youth protection online: Joint efforts are needed"
The Youth Protection Roundtable is a project funded in the framework of the Safer Internet Action Plan of the European Commission from November 2006 till April 2009. 32 project partners from 13 European countries have worked together to identify and describe appropriate measures to improve online youth protection. The presentation will focus on the following aspects:

• Results of an expert's survey on matters of youth protection
• 3 Cs - Content, Contact, Conduct: A Matrix of Risks and Threats
• Appropriate measures to deal with the risks: A combination of supportive technologies and educational measures

Conference ending : 15h30

Posters submission are encouraged. Please fill the registration form and check the "Poster" field.