EOKM Annual Report 2021

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

“Your contribution is so very welcome
and not just in financial terms:
Thank you all for supporting us in our fight
against online abuse!”

Arda Gerkens Managing Director EOKM

HOW MANY REPORTS DID WE RECEIVE AND WHERE DID THEY
COME FROM?

Increase in number of reports
The Hotline receives reports from various sources: the international Inhope network, anonymous reports using the web form, the police and through collaboration with external parties. More reports from within the Netherlands led to an increase in the number of national reports compared to 2020.

49.99% of reports
concerns a
cloud environment

Thanks to an alert and professional team, trends such as increasing reports from a cloud environment, clipped images and child pornography in chat groups did not go unnoticed.

We also see that providers of sexual images involving minors use all kinds of tricks to circumvent legislation.

This year, we saw a reduction in the number of international reports, because a large number of image hosters moved abroad. On the other hand, the number of national reports went up significantly.

IMAGE HOSTERS ON THE MOVE

6 x Moldova, 8 x United States, 1 x Czech Republic
4 x to India and back to the Netherlands

In 2021, the website was visited 11,274 times in total
– an increase of 44% compared to 2020. This breaks
down to 32 visits a day. 1,514 people were
returning visitors.

WHO CONTACT STOP IT NOW

2021 saw more attention to young group of viewers of child sexual exploitation materials.

NUMBER OF TIMES STOP IT NOW WAS CONTACTED 2021

A third of callers contacts
us more than once.

It must be said that after an surge at the start of the pandemic, corona has no longer resulted in a significant increase in requests for help.

WEBSITE VISITS
The number of visits to the website is significantly up from last year. The number of visitors in particular has increased. This means that we are being found better.

NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR ADVICE PER YEAR
In 2021, Helpwanted was contacted 5,881 times, with the vast majority of visitors opting for the advice module that was launched in 2019. The module uses a questionnaire that guides visitors to the right advice based on their answers to a series of questions. They immediately receive tips tailored to their specific situation or problem. The total number of requests for advice was somewhat lower than in 2020. The difference can be explained by the high (temporary) increase in the number of reports during the first Covid lockdown in 2020.

The Sexual Assault Center, Fier, Fonds Slachtofferhulp (Victims Support Fund) and Helpwanted join forces in the fight against sexual abuse.

Most reports come from 12-18 year-olds and concern extortion using nude images.

Contact

Expertisebureau Online Kindermisbruik (EOKM)
info[at]eokm.nl
+3120 261 52 32
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 21-2, 1012 RC Amsterdam

ANNUAL REPORT 2021 “Your contribution is so very welcome and not just in financial terms: Thank you all for supporting us in our fight against online abuse!” Arda Gerkens Managing Director EOKM

“Your contribution is so very welcome and not just in financial terms: Thank you all for supporting us in our fight against online abuse!”

Arda Gerkens Managing Director EOKM

HOW MANY REPORTS DID WE RECEIVE AND WHERE DID THEYCOME FROM?