A/HRC/22/54 84. In addition, Interpol assists with the identification of victims, particularly through the use of the International Child Sexual Exploitation Image Database. The Interpol Specialists Group on Crimes against Children has a full sub-group dealing with the identification of victims. This brings together experts, drawn from all parts of the world, to share best practice and information on the many facets of the problem, such as the apprehension of sex offenders, their treatment and management within the community. 85. Many countries, including France, Switzerland and Australia, have police attachés posted to their embassies, who can play a key role not only in the collection of information but also in building the capacity of local law enforcement officers. Switzerland, for example, has attachés of the Federal Police in Thailand, Brazil, Italy, Kosovo, Serbia, the Czech Republic and the United States who help with investigations and collecting information. The deployment of Australian Federal Police officers as part of the International Liaison Network further enhances intelligence-gathering about the methodologies being used by foreign child sex offenders and helps explore effective ways to investigate child sex offences committed overseas. Officers do not have police powers in foreign countries, but assist in helping to guide foreign police investigations, including procedures for interviewing victims, crime scene examination and taking witness statements.55 86. As means of access have changed, the sharing of information gathered from online monitoring has become increasingly important. The Virtual Global Taskforce is an international alliance of dedicated law enforcement agencies and industry partners working together to make the Internet a safer place, identify, locate and help children at risk, and hold perpetrators appropriately to account. 56 The FBI “Innocent Images” initiative is another example of an international task force consisting of online child sexual exploitation investigators from around the world, including more than 100 task force officers from 44 different countries. In addition to member training sessions, the initiative also conducts annual case coordination meetings to share best practices and coordinate transnational investigations between members. 87. Given extreme complexity of crimes of child sex tourism, Interpol works closely with other agencies and NGOs in this area. Project Childhood for example brought together Interpol, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and World Vision to address and combat the issue of sexual exploitation and trafficking in the Greater Mekong region. The Project takes a dual approach to fighting the sources of child exploitation in the travel and tourism sectors, working both on prevention and protection by: providing capacity-building of law enforcement agencies, technical assistance responding to key legislative, training and cooperation gaps and needs, raising awareness, promoting tourism alternatives that do not exploit children and supporting victims. 57 88. Great attention has been given to the problem of child sex tourism by the United States Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially in its 2006 edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report. References to origin and destination countries in the report indicate that the Office is evaluating foreign Governments’ efforts against child sex tourism as part of its reporting mechanism, thereby sending a string message to countries on the issue. The Office also works to combat the problem of child sex tourism via its grant-making initiatives. 55 56 57 Contribution of Australia. Information available from www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/what-we-do/. See www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Crimes-against-children/Sex-offenders and contribution from World Vision. 19