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Child protection record hailed

A record number of children have been protected from sexual abusers in the past year, according to new figures. The UK's leading child protection agency safeguarded 790 children in 2012/13, an increase of 85% on the previous year.

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Ceop: We recognise the world constantly changes

New figures have shown that a record number of children have been protected from sexual abuse in the past year.

Peter Davies the chief executive of Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) said that not only had they seen increased in the number of reports, but a "large increase" in the number of children protected. He added:

We have also provided thousands of intelligence packages to police forces and children's services, and have reached millions of children with our educational programme teaching them how to be safe.

Despite our successes, we aren't complacent. We recognise that the world is constantly changing and offenders will continue to seek new ways to abuse children, which is why our work with partners around the globe is constantly evolving to ensure we're always one step ahead of abusers.

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