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Official: We're finding pedophiles online

November 6th, 2013
07:19 PM ET

Becky talks to Troels Oerting, the head of the European Cybercrime Centre, about the process of tracking down and deterring online paedophiles.

The NGO has recently attracted attention by developing the “Sweetie” avatar, a virtual girl used to effectively entrap cyber criminals. The avatar has received several thousand hits already.

Oerting reiterates caution given potential legal problems in the future.

Watch: 'Girl' used to find pedophiles online

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