Fury at web giants who refuse to block vile live child abuse
pound deals in secret. The NCA says abusers often become desensitised to the abuse and demand increasingly more severe acts to satisfy their perverted lust.
Mr Kerr also called on web companies to get ahead of the gangs by investing more money and resources into stopping live streaming.
Only the US and Canada rank higher than Britain when it comes to live child sex abuse streaming.
But Mr Kerr said they are the three countries making the most determined efforts to stamp it out.
Internet companies have announced they are working with law enforcement agencies around the world to find a solution to the problem without damaging their business.
Last week, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Thomas Winsor, warned web companies that they face regulation unless they crack down on terrorists, paedophiles and organised criminals using the internet.
He said impenetrable coded messaging has made life easier for criminals, and added: “If the giants of that world continue to devise ways to frustrate law enforcement, the case for compulsion will be ever stronger.” Meanwhile, police have warned holiday home owners and Airbnb operators they could unwittingly be letting their homes to gangs who use them as “pop-up brothels”.
Vulnerable women from Eastern Europe and West Africa are being forced into prostitution after replying to online ads to work as au pairs.
Mr Kerr said: “Once they arrive in the country, they are subjected to a significant level of sexual violence in the first 36 hours before being forced to work in pop-up brothels.”
Vulnerable
The brothels, advertised on adult websites, stay open for three or four weeks before being closed down.
Properties in small seaside resorts as well as in rural towns and villages are particularly popular .
Bishop of Derby Alastair Redfern, who recently investigated the problem, said: “Criminals bring vulnerable women in and then use a cottage for business. They make a lot of money.”
Dr Redfern told how he met one “sex slave” who was raped up to 10 times a day.