Manama: The Children's Cyberspace Protection Unit of the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security has joined the International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) database of the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol). Brigadier General Bassam Mohammed Al Marraj, Director General of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security at the Ministry of Interior, said that joining the Interpol database comes in efforts to combat online child exploitation, in line with the directives of General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior, to leverage regional and international expertise and protect children in cyberspace. He also commended the ongoing follow up of Lieutenant General Tariq Al Hassan, Chief of Public Security. Brig. Gen. Al Marraj highlighted that joining the database comes as part of the recently launched national strategy to protect children in cyberspace and enhance awareness about all relevant risks. The director general said that several unit employees passed a 14 day training course on the database held at the Interpol headquarters in France. This included uploading data and analysing results methods. The database is designed to support experts working on cases involving the sexual and online exploitation of children. It enables member states to share information and experiences related to these types of issues among themselves. The database also provides access to the best expertise to help member states combat child sexual and electronic exploitation effectively. Source: Bahrain News Agency