NCA launches a first-of-its-kind initiative with banks to detect and disrupt payments linked to overseas livestreamed child sexual abuse, using financial intelligence to identify offenders and prevent harm

Through its Public–Private Partnerships unit, the NCA is sharing intelligence, real case studies, and transaction patterns with banks to help them spot suspicious payment behaviour linked to CSA livestreaming networks, often involving facilitators abroad who are paid small, repeated amounts for live abuse directed by offenders in the UK. The initiative also encourages banks to detect breaches of Sexual Harm Prevention Orders and intervene earlier through financial monitoring, recognising that every payment leaves a traceable financial footprint that can help prevent ongoing abuse…