Within a few years Internet has become the preferred means by those criminal organizations, which manage the business of child pornography, for the exchange and dissemination of content.

The anonymity provided by the Web and the reckless tolerance of some Internet Service Providers have significantly contributed to the growth of demand and, consequently, of supply of child pornography on line.

According to the annual report presented by Telefono Arcobaleno, an organization that fights against on line child abuse and sexual exploitation, on line pedophilia is growing on the internet at alarmingly rate.

With 49,393 pedopornographic websites reported in 2009 the dimension of online child pornography has increased of 14% from the previous year (7,000 reports more than 2008). It’s estimated that 135 new sites and 3 new groups with pedopornographic content appear every day on the Internet and social networks.

Most of these sites are hosted in Europe, United States and Russia. Germany is the country with the highest concentration of hosted pedopornographic websites (19,488) followed by Netherlands (10,277), United States (8,411) and Russian Federation (7,118).

Europe and USA are leaders in diffusion and consumption of pedopornographic materials. Internet pedophiles are mainly European (approximately 60% of total on global basis) and this sad primate is dominated by Germany (17.6%), United Kingdom (6.5%), Italy (5%), France (4.8%) and Spain (2.3%).

For more information about this topic take a look at the full report or visit the official website of Telefono Arcobaleno.

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