In a speech on children's rights in Berlin in June last year the EU's Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini told delegates he was "saddened and shocked" to hear that the number of sites with child-sex material went up 1500% from 1997 to 2005.
Uzsākt kriminālvajāšanu šādos gadījumos tomēr ir ļoti sarežģīti, jo vietņu īpašnieki un administratori bieži dzīvo ārpus mērķa valstīm vai vispār ārpus Eiropas Savienības.