Activities

The Missing Children Search Service is a flagship project of the NGO “Magnolia”, created to help missing children and their families.

Our experience has shown that public awareness is one of the most effective mechanisms in search efforts: the more people who learn about a missing child, the higher the chances that someone has information that can help locate them. This is the principle behind the Child Search Service.

We create missing child alerts and distribute them through all available communication channels: television, the internet, radio, outdoor media, and more. This is made possible thanks to our dedicated media partners who have supported us for many years.

StopCrime is a line of work of the NGO “Magnolia”, implemented with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, aimed at combating violence against children.

As our organization’s 20 years of experience show, unfortunately, no one is immune to tragedy — a child from any family can become a victim of crime. The NGO “Magnolia” has taken on the responsibility of acting as an intermediary between people who witness crimes against children and law enforcement authorities.

In addition, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the number of crimes committed by the Russian Federation and its military against Ukrainian children has been increasing every day. That is why we must unite in the fight against impunity and crimes against children.

The All-Ukrainian NGO “Magnolia” initiated and coordinates the work of the Safer Internet Centre coalition of civil society organizations.

Safer Internet Centres are a common practice in European Union countries, implemented within the framework of the Better Internet for Kids Strategy. The Ukrainian Centre was created following this model and operates thanks to civil society organizations committed to protecting children from real threats in the online world — primarily sexual abuse online, as well as fraud, cyberbullying, phishing, grooming, and more.

The Safer Internet Centre operates in three key areas: the StopCrime hotline for reporting harmful content, the 116 111 helpline for children and young people, and awareness-raising activities.

Operation of the INHOPE hotline to investigate online child sexual abuse cases and block harmful content

The All-Ukrainian NGO “Magnolia” is a member of the international association INHOPE — a global network of hotlines that receive reports about online content related to child sexual abuse (CSAM – child sexual abuse material) and facilitate its rapid removal.

“Magnolia” coordinates the Ukrainian hotline — https://stopcrime.ua/net-crime — where anyone can anonymously report suspicious or illegal content.

After professional review, analysts determine whether the materials indeed contain elements of child sexual abuse. If confirmed, the information is immediately forwarded to the Cyber Police Department of Ukraine for further investigation and blocking. If the content is hosted outside Ukraine, our experts cooperate with international partners to initiate action by local law enforcement authorities.

In just the first year of operation, hotline analysts processed 3,224 reports, of which 1,060 were confirmed as cases involving criminal offenses.