US joins Virtual Global Taskforce

With the participation of US Customs, the US is now becoming a full member of an international police unit it helped design. Operating in London but now to be monitored by law enforcement in the Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US, the Virtual Global Taskforce's Web site "responds to reports from youths and others about suspected predators," USATODAY reports. "Investigators can immediately trace a suspect's location through his Internet connection and contact a local police agency to further investigate the case or make an arrest." As other law-enforcement people do, VGT investigators will also work under cover in chat rooms and social sites "where pedophiles are likely to be."