The Knesset Finance Committee announced Tuesday it would provide NIS 2 million for Israel Police to develop computer programs that will help hunt down pedophiles and other sex offenders.

Finance Committee Chairman Stas Misezhnikov said the funding was necessary in order to fight a growing trend of child abuse via the internet. "The internet is a forum for pornography. The expansion of pornography on the internet means more and more children are at risk," he said.