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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In November 2013, UK Prime Minister <a href="/facts/David_Cameron/0y643wQf">David Cameron</a> said UK and US intelligence agencies would help fight child abuse images on the <a href="/facts/Dark_Web/A40ffCpy">Dark Web</a> that is inaccessible to search engines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> He announced plans to create the Joint Operations Cell at the We Protect Children Online Global Summit in December 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The opening of a <a href="/facts/Colocation_(business)/dqlMIWDF">co-located</a> facility in <a href="/facts/Warrington/jXHUsNnH">Warrington</a> in November 2015 was announced with a press release, quoting <a href="/facts/GCHQ/XCMkfqWE">GCHQ</a> director <a href="/facts/Robert_Hannigan/Y1hKqYGU">Robert Hannigan</a> and then <a href="/facts/National_Crime_Agency/LQw6lNSc">NCA</a> director <a href="/facts/Keith_Bristow/bmvGErzW">Keith Bristow</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Department_of_Defense_Cyber_Crime_Center/pMKhn8V0">Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joint_Threat_Research_Intelligence_Group/sSux0Fv7">Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Cyber_Force/az3Ps84Y">National Cyber Force</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The UK Will Police the Dark Web with a New Task Force". National Crime Agency. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151112013313/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/736-gchq-and-nca-join-forces-to-ensure-no-hiding-place-online-for-criminals" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151112013313/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/736-gchq-and-nca-join-forces-to-ensure-no-hiding-place-online-for-criminals</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"GCHQ and NCA join forces to ensure no hiding place online for criminals". GCHQ. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151109053809/http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/press_releases/Pages/gchq-and-nca-join-forces.aspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151109053809/http://www.gchq.gov.uk/press_and_media/press_releases/Pages/gchq-and-nca-join-forces.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Whitehead, Tom (6 November 2015). "GCHQ and police set up paedophile hunting unit". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Fryer-Biggs, Zachary (8 November 2015). "UK's NCA and GCHQ launch new cyber unit". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://www.janes.com/article/55857/uk-s-nca-and-gchq-launch-new-cyber-unit" target="_blank">http://www.janes.com/article/55857/uk-s-nca-and-gchq-launch-new-cyber-unit</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Munson, Lee (9 November 2015). "Tackling crime on the Dark Web with new Joint Operations Cell". Naked Security. Sophos. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/09/tackling-the-dark-web-with-new-joint-operations-cell/" target="_blank">https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/11/09/tackling-the-dark-web-with-new-joint-operations-cell/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Cook, James (9 November 2015). "The UK has created a new taskforce to crack down on paedophiles on the dark web". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-spy-agency-gchq-has-teamed-up-with-the-national-crime-agency-to-tackle-dark-web-crime-2015-11" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-spy-agency-gchq-has-teamed-up-with-the-national-crime-agency-to-tackle-dark-web-crime-2015-11</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fryer-Biggs, Zachary (8 November 2015). "UK's NCA and GCHQ launch new cyber unit". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://www.janes.com/article/55857/uk-s-nca-and-gchq-launch-new-cyber-unit" target="_blank">http://www.janes.com/article/55857/uk-s-nca-and-gchq-launch-new-cyber-unit</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Cook, James (9 November 2015). "The UK has created a new taskforce to crack down on paedophiles on the dark web". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-spy-agency-gchq-has-teamed-up-with-the-national-crime-agency-to-tackle-dark-web-crime-2015-11" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-spy-agency-gchq-has-teamed-up-with-the-national-crime-agency-to-tackle-dark-web-crime-2015-11</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Whitehead, Tom (6 November 2015). "GCHQ and police set up paedophile hunting unit". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Whitehead, Tom (6 November 2015). "GCHQ and police set up paedophile hunting unit". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Cox, Joseph (8 November 2015). "The UK Will Police the Dark Web with a New Task Force". Vice. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-will-police-the-dark-web-with-a-new-task-force" target="_blank">http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-will-police-the-dark-web-with-a-new-task-force</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Ashford, Warwick (9 November 2015). "GCHQ and NCA join forces to police dark web". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257028/GCHQ-and-NCA-join-forces-to-police-dark-web" target="_blank">http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257028/GCHQ-and-NCA-join-forces-to-police-dark-web</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Watt, Nicholas (11 December 2014). "'Dark web': GCHQ and National Crime Agency join forces in hunt for child abuse". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/11/gchq-national-crime-agency-dark-web-child-abuse" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/11/gchq-national-crime-agency-dark-web-child-abuse</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Osborne, Charlie (9 November 2015). "UK gov't tackles Dark Web with new cybercrime unit". ZDNet. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-govt-tackles-dark-web-with-new-cybercrime-unit/" target="_blank">https://www.zdnet.com/article/uk-govt-tackles-dark-web-with-new-cybercrime-unit/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"The UK Will Police the Dark Web with a New Task Force". National Crime Agency. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151112013313/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/736-gchq-and-nca-join-forces-to-ensure-no-hiding-place-online-for-criminals" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151112013313/http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/736-gchq-and-nca-join-forces-to-ensure-no-hiding-place-online-for-criminals</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Whitehead, Tom (6 November 2015). "GCHQ and police set up paedophile hunting unit". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11980153/GCHQ-and-police-set-up-paedophile-hunting-unit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Cox, Joseph (8 November 2015). "The UK Will Police the Dark Web with a New Task Force". Vice. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-will-police-the-dark-web-with-a-new-task-force" target="_blank">http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-will-police-the-dark-web-with-a-new-task-force</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Ashford, Warwick (9 November 2015). "GCHQ and NCA join forces to police dark web". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 10 November 2015. <a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257028/GCHQ-and-NCA-join-forces-to-police-dark-web" target="_blank">http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257028/GCHQ-and-NCA-join-forces-to-police-dark-web</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>