HSI signs Letter of Intent to help combat child porn in Korea
HSI Seoul Regional Attaché Taekuk Cho (R) and SMPA Director General Chul-Jun Kim (L).
In the continuing efforts of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to fight cybercrime and child pornography, HSI Seoul Regional Attaché Taekuk Cho took part in a press conference Oct. 30 with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) announcing the signing of the Letter of Intent (LOI).
The LOI, aimed to combat child pornography, was signed between Attaché Cho and SMPA Director General Chul-Jun Kim. It formally recognizes the partnership between HSI Seoul and SMPA in investigating cybercrimes, reinforces the outstanding working relationship between HSI Seoul and the SMPA in combatting child pornography and brings the issue to the forefront within Korean society. The partnership began in 2013 when HSI Seoul started to provide SMPA with leads they obtained from the HSI Cyber Crimes Center (C3) and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. As a result, SMPA has made over 100 child pornography-related arrests.
“There is no greater responsibility in law enforcement than safeguarding the most vulnerable and innocent within society. We must do everything possible to protect children from crimes of sexual exploitation and abuse,” Attaché Cho said. “To this end, Homeland Security Investigations Attaché Seoul is committed to working with the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in vigorously pursuing those individuals who wish to bring our children harm.”
One of HSI’s top priorities is to combat criminal activity on or facilitated by the Internet. C3 delivers computer-based technical services to support domestic and international investigations like those in Seoul.
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