In the past, members of our open-source research community have helped locate images that have gone on to help rescue ten victims. These children may never have been rescued without the help of members of the public finding these locations.
www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
#TraceAnObject - bellingcat
www.bellingcat.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In the past, members of our open-source research community have helped locate images that have gone on to help rescue ten victims. These children may never have been rescued without the help of members of the public finding these locations.
www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
cw child abuse; but trace an object is an international project to identify things like logos or landmarks in csam to be able to find where it was created www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
#TraceAnObject - bellingcat
www.bellingcat.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
cw child abuse; but trace an object is an international project to identify things like logos or landmarks in csam to be able to find where it was created www.bellingcat.com/tag/traceano...
And it's not officially affiliated with Interpol, but draws off Europol & the FBI's & Australia's missing & endangered kids traceanobject databases, sorry for the misinfo, I get really upset about CSAM and how frequently enterprises are using rebranded literal chatbots like chatGPT to do moderation
February 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
And it's not officially affiliated with Interpol, but draws off Europol & the FBI's & Australia's missing & endangered kids traceanobject databases, sorry for the misinfo, I get really upset about CSAM and how frequently enterprises are using rebranded literal chatbots like chatGPT to do moderation
Europol are running the #traceanobject campaign, asking for researchers to geolocate objects and scenery taken from larger images from active child abuse cases. Our Discord community, independent of Bellingcat, are investigating one image. Join in with that analysis here: discord.com/channels/709...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Europol are running the #traceanobject campaign, asking for researchers to geolocate objects and scenery taken from larger images from active child abuse cases. Our Discord community, independent of Bellingcat, are investigating one image. Join in with that analysis here: discord.com/channels/709...
🔎This image is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
March 21, 2026 at 7:30 AM
🔎This image is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
1/2 - 🔎 Can you identify any of these items? Even the smallest tip could help.
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
May 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
1/2 - 🔎 Can you identify any of these items? Even the smallest tip could help.
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
r/TraceAnObject
It's
It's a lot
They don't even know what COUNTRIES these kids are in and now there's gonna be all this extra stuff of kids that aren't real but look real enough to try to find them
It's
It's a lot
They don't even know what COUNTRIES these kids are in and now there's gonna be all this extra stuff of kids that aren't real but look real enough to try to find them
July 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
r/TraceAnObject
It's
It's a lot
They don't even know what COUNTRIES these kids are in and now there's gonna be all this extra stuff of kids that aren't real but look real enough to try to find them
It's
It's a lot
They don't even know what COUNTRIES these kids are in and now there's gonna be all this extra stuff of kids that aren't real but look real enough to try to find them
2/2 - 🔎 Can you identify any of these items? Even the smallest tip could help.
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
May 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
2/2 - 🔎 Can you identify any of these items? Even the smallest tip could help.
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
⚠️ Our #TraceAnObject website has new images taken from files depicting child sexual abuse.
💡 You can help us move these investigations forward by submitting an anonymous tip.
Go to www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
it's r/TraceAnObject and I think it's a very socially valuable subreddit and really respect the hell out of people that can engage with it and sleuth but it makes me so sick to look at the images of everything all whited out including the shape of a person's hand but the print of a baby's shirt
February 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
it's r/TraceAnObject and I think it's a very socially valuable subreddit and really respect the hell out of people that can engage with it and sleuth but it makes me so sick to look at the images of everything all whited out including the shape of a person's hand but the print of a baby's shirt
🐣 As children search for Easter eggs, we ask adults to join a different kind of search. One that could save a child.
🕵️♂️ #TraceAnObject is a Europol initiative that asks the public to help identify objects linked to child sexual abuse cases.
Start the search 👉 europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🕵️♂️ #TraceAnObject is a Europol initiative that asks the public to help identify objects linked to child sexual abuse cases.
Start the search 👉 europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
April 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🐣 As children search for Easter eggs, we ask adults to join a different kind of search. One that could save a child.
🕵️♂️ #TraceAnObject is a Europol initiative that asks the public to help identify objects linked to child sexual abuse cases.
Start the search 👉 europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🕵️♂️ #TraceAnObject is a Europol initiative that asks the public to help identify objects linked to child sexual abuse cases.
Start the search 👉 europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🆘New images extracted from child sexual abuse material have been uploaded on our website: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Do you recognise anything?
👀Many eyes see more than a few. And even a small clue can help us save a child.
🔎Help us #TraceAnObject. Help us #StopChildAbuse
Do you recognise anything?
👀Many eyes see more than a few. And even a small clue can help us save a child.
🔎Help us #TraceAnObject. Help us #StopChildAbuse
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🆘New images extracted from child sexual abuse material have been uploaded on our website: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Do you recognise anything?
👀Many eyes see more than a few. And even a small clue can help us save a child.
🔎Help us #TraceAnObject. Help us #StopChildAbuse
Do you recognise anything?
👀Many eyes see more than a few. And even a small clue can help us save a child.
🔎Help us #TraceAnObject. Help us #StopChildAbuse
🔎This school vest is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
You might see what no one else does… And that could help save a child.
⚠️Know something? Submit an anonymous tip: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
You might see what no one else does… And that could help save a child.
⚠️Know something? Submit an anonymous tip: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔎This school vest is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
You might see what no one else does… And that could help save a child.
⚠️Know something? Submit an anonymous tip: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
You might see what no one else does… And that could help save a child.
⚠️Know something? Submit an anonymous tip: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🔎This toy appears in material linked to a child sexual abuse case. Your eyes could make all the difference #TraceAnObject
A simple observation could help #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Recognise it? Give an anonymous tip here: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
A simple observation could help #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Recognise it? Give an anonymous tip here: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔎This toy appears in material linked to a child sexual abuse case. Your eyes could make all the difference #TraceAnObject
A simple observation could help #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Recognise it? Give an anonymous tip here: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
A simple observation could help #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Recognise it? Give an anonymous tip here: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
for folks interested, it's called r/TraceanObject, they explicitly work with objects and locations, and they need as many eyes on these objects as possible
new batch of objects was posted a few weeks ago www.reddit.com/r/TraceAnObj...
new batch of objects was posted a few weeks ago www.reddit.com/r/TraceAnObj...
Reddit - Dive into anything
This will serve as a general discussion thread for questions/comments not related to any particular case. This is planned to be a permanent announcement post.
www.reddit.com
July 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
for folks interested, it's called r/TraceanObject, they explicitly work with objects and locations, and they need as many eyes on these objects as possible
new batch of objects was posted a few weeks ago www.reddit.com/r/TraceAnObj...
new batch of objects was posted a few weeks ago www.reddit.com/r/TraceAnObj...
Internet do your magic
Vielleicht kann Jemand helfen?
Bitte unterstützt, indem Ihr teilt.
#TraceAnObject
#Europol
www.stern.de/panorama/ver...
Vielleicht kann Jemand helfen?
Bitte unterstützt, indem Ihr teilt.
#TraceAnObject
#Europol
www.stern.de/panorama/ver...
Erkennen Sie irgendetwas wieder? So können Sie beim Kampf gegen Kindesmissbrauch helfen
Die Europäische Polizeibehörde Europol bittet beim Kampf gegen sexualisierte Gewalt an Kindern um Mithilfe. Erkennen Sie auf den Bildern irgendetwas wieder?
www.stern.de
February 10, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Internet do your magic
Vielleicht kann Jemand helfen?
Bitte unterstützt, indem Ihr teilt.
#TraceAnObject
#Europol
www.stern.de/panorama/ver...
Vielleicht kann Jemand helfen?
Bitte unterstützt, indem Ihr teilt.
#TraceAnObject
#Europol
www.stern.de/panorama/ver...
📷 New objects are out on our #TraceAnObject website.
By taking just a few minutes to look at the images, you could help our victim identification specialists #StopChildAbuse.
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
By taking just a few minutes to look at the images, you could help our victim identification specialists #StopChildAbuse.
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
January 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📷 New objects are out on our #TraceAnObject website.
By taking just a few minutes to look at the images, you could help our victim identification specialists #StopChildAbuse.
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
By taking just a few minutes to look at the images, you could help our victim identification specialists #StopChildAbuse.
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🔍 Another chance to use #OSINTforGood: Europol has added new images to their #TraceAnObject page.
Your skills could help identify key items in child sexual abuse cases.
Every clue counts!
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Your skills could help identify key items in child sexual abuse cases.
Every clue counts!
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
May 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🔍 Another chance to use #OSINTforGood: Europol has added new images to their #TraceAnObject page.
Your skills could help identify key items in child sexual abuse cases.
Every clue counts!
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Your skills could help identify key items in child sexual abuse cases.
Every clue counts!
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Once again, I have some good news! After a month of searching, the solidarity and tenacity of @osintfr.bsky.social's volunteers has made it possible to identify the uniform shown here www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabu.... and to geolocate the victim's school. #TraceAnObject #StopChildAbuse (1/3)
July 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Once again, I have some good news! After a month of searching, the solidarity and tenacity of @osintfr.bsky.social's volunteers has made it possible to identify the uniform shown here www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabu.... and to geolocate the victim's school. #TraceAnObject #StopChildAbuse (1/3)
I haven't been on Twitter for a long time, but you can take a look at what I've posted there (mainly: OSINT, TraceAnObject, StopChildAbuse). I'm still looking for the exact can of Tetramin fish food for Europol: twitter.com/Stephan97660... . Investigators, if you want to join, you're welcome !
Tweet by @Stephan97660819
Hi everyone! @Europol @EC3Europol is presenting 5 new objects found in images depicting paedocriminality and I identified https://t.co/CYqQnzGLIP as a tin of fish food very similar to https://t.co/0Cd...
twitter.com
August 23, 2023 at 10:28 AM
I haven't been on Twitter for a long time, but you can take a look at what I've posted there (mainly: OSINT, TraceAnObject, StopChildAbuse). I'm still looking for the exact can of Tetramin fish food for Europol: twitter.com/Stephan97660... . Investigators, if you want to join, you're welcome !
Our find of the day with a volunteer community of investigators from the OSINT-FR Discord platform, for Europol's TraceAnObject StopChildAbuse initiative. So happy and proud of our hard and successful research!
August 28, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Our find of the day with a volunteer community of investigators from the OSINT-FR Discord platform, for Europol's TraceAnObject StopChildAbuse initiative. So happy and proud of our hard and successful research!
Want to help save a child from sexual abuse? Then spend just 10 minutes today looking at this @europol-eu.bsky.social page to see if you can identify an image which could help investigators rescue a child.
#TraceAnObject #StopChildSexualAbuse
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
#TraceAnObject #StopChildSexualAbuse
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Stop Child Abuse – Trace an Object | Europol
The most innocent clues can sometimes help crack a case. The objects are all taken from the background of an image with sexually explicit material involving minors. For all images below, every other i...
www.europol.europa.eu
May 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Want to help save a child from sexual abuse? Then spend just 10 minutes today looking at this @europol-eu.bsky.social page to see if you can identify an image which could help investigators rescue a child.
#TraceAnObject #StopChildSexualAbuse
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
#TraceAnObject #StopChildSexualAbuse
www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
🔎This image is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔎This image is extracted from an ongoing child sexual abuse investigation. We need your help identifying it #TraceAnObject
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
What seems small to you could be the missing piece we need to #StopChildAbuse
⚠️Do you recognise it? Submit an anonymous tip now: www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
Our researchers have identified the locations of 12 photos shared publicly by Europol as part of their #traceanobject campaign to #stopchildabuse. The Bellingcat team spent over 2,500 hours checking more than 2 million images online:
Creating Impact: A Year On Stop Child Abuse —Trace An Object - bellingcat
A summary of our contributions towards the campaign 2019-2020. Discover how three more child abuse images were tracked down in Mexico, Panama and Russia.
www.bellingcat.com
July 20, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Our researchers have identified the locations of 12 photos shared publicly by Europol as part of their #traceanobject campaign to #stopchildabuse. The Bellingcat team spent over 2,500 hours checking more than 2 million images online:
@europol.europa.eu bittet uns, herauszufinden, woher diese Teile stammen. Hast du eins mal in einem Land oder Geschäft gesehen? Erkennst du ein Logo?
Zuerst hatte ich Angst, dem Link zu folgen, aber dann habe ich mich getraut. Leider kenne ich kein Teil – kennst du eins? #TraceAnObject
Zuerst hatte ich Angst, dem Link zu folgen, aber dann habe ich mich getraut. Leider kenne ich kein Teil – kennst du eins? #TraceAnObject
April 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
@europol.europa.eu bittet uns, herauszufinden, woher diese Teile stammen. Hast du eins mal in einem Land oder Geschäft gesehen? Erkennst du ein Logo?
Zuerst hatte ich Angst, dem Link zu folgen, aber dann habe ich mich getraut. Leider kenne ich kein Teil – kennst du eins? #TraceAnObject
Zuerst hatte ich Angst, dem Link zu folgen, aber dann habe ich mich getraut. Leider kenne ich kein Teil – kennst du eins? #TraceAnObject
#TraceAnObject Save a child! m.youtube.com/shorts/QOUT0...
How one brick helped end years of child sexual abuse - BBC World Service #shorts
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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March 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
#TraceAnObject Save a child! m.youtube.com/shorts/QOUT0...