08/12/2021
A few months ago, the Foundation became aware that a person/organisation overseas was exploiting Daniel’s name to drive traffic to a website that contained adult pornographic material.
Bruce and Denise were devastated that Daniel’s name was being used for this purpose and reached out to our friends at Argos to assist us.
Today we received the brilliant news that through a joint collaboration between eSafety and Interpol, this has been resolved and Daniel’s name is no longer being exploited in this way. It was no easy task and took months of negotiations, hard work and a collaboration between numerous agencies both within Australia and internationally.
The Daniel Morcombe Foundation would like to extend its sincerest gratitude to Toby Dagg, Executive Manager of Investigations at eSafety Commissioner, the team at INTERPOL HQ,Detective Inspector Glen Donaldson from Argos Queensland Police Service, Detective Inspector Jon Rouse, and the team at Australian Federal Police, the Prime Minister’s National Office of Child Safety, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the relevant Australian Ambassadors and Embassy Officials, all Australian Government agencies involved; and Butler McDermott Lawyers
These people, agencies and teams all pulled together and did everything they could to protect Daniel’s legacy and diplomatically resolve the issue.
It is truly uplifting to know that Daniel remains in the hearts and thoughts of officers and officials, worldwide, who will move mountains to protect his legacy.