12/07/2026
PNP, NORWEGIAN POLICE SEAL ANTI-OSAEC PACT
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has strengthened the country's fight against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) after forging a landmark cooperation agreement with the Norwegian Police Service, expanding intelligence-sharing, law enforcement collaboration, and joint efforts to pursue transnational offenders who exploit children across borders.
The strengthened partnership was formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between PGen Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr., Chief of the Philippine National Police, and Lars Erik Alfheim of the Norwegian Police Service on July 2, 2026, at Camp Crame, Quezon City. The agreement establishes a framework for sustained cooperation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse and exploitation, particularly crimes with transnational dimensions, while promoting the protection of children's rights in accordance with national and international laws.
Under the agreement, both police organizations will strengthen intelligence and information sharing, expand law enforcement cooperation, enhance training and capacity-building initiatives, and deepen operational collaboration in detecting, investigating, and prosecuting offenders involved in OSAEC and other forms of child sexual exploitation.
The agreement builds on months of sustained engagement between the two police organizations. As early as April 2026, the Norwegian Police Service delegation led by Deputy National Police Commissioner Lars Erik Alfheim, together with Norwegian Ambassador Christian Halaas Lyster, visited the Philippines for a series of official engagements with the PNP. The visit included a dinner reception hosted by the Norwegian Embassy, a courtesy call on Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. at Camp Crame, and visits to the Philippine Internet Crimes Against Children Center (PICACC), Women and Children Protection Center (WCPC), Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG), and the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) to strengthen institutional cooperation and exchange best practices in combating online child exploitation.
The April engagements underscored the shared recognition that crimes involving child sexual abuse and exploitation have become increasingly transnational, requiring stronger international cooperation, timely intelligence exchange, and sustained collaboration among law enforcement agencies. These discussions laid the groundwork for the formal partnership signed in July.
PGEN Nartatez emphasized that protecting children demands a united international response against criminal networks operating beyond national borders.
"Those who exploit children know no borders, and neither should our resolve to stop them. This partnership strengthens our ability to identify offenders, share intelligence, and bring them to justice," the PNP Chief said.
He likewise reaffirmed the PNP's unwavering commitment to safeguarding ng Filipino children from exploitation.
"Hindi natin hahayaang gamitin ang teknolohiya para sirain ang kinabukasan ng ating mga kabataan. Pananagutin natin ang bawat salarin at patuloy nating poprotektahan ang bawat batang Pilipino,” he added.
Following the signing of the agreement, the PNP has directed its concerned units, particularly the Women and Children Protection Center, Anti-Cybercrime Group, Directorate for Intelligence, and other operating units, to maximize the partnership by strengthening intelligence collaboration and working closely with their Norwegian counterparts in disrupting transnational child exploitation networks.
As the PNP strengthens international partnerships to protect children from online exploitation and other transnational crimes under the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., it assures the public of "Bagong PNP para sa Bagong Pilipinas: Serbisyong Mabilis, Tapat, at Nararamdaman."
(PNP-PIO)
