Global list of charity sex predators to be launched
Sean O'Neill, Chief Reporter
Wednesday October 17 2018, 12.01am, The Times
Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, will outline the programme tomorrow
TIMES PHOTOGRAPHER JACK HILL
Britain is to pioneer a worldwide register of suspected sexual predators working in the aid sector, the international development secretary will announce tomorrow.
The database of suspects is part of the "concerted global effort" to clean up the charity world after The Times's exposure of sexual misconduct by Oxfam workers in Haiti.
The project, which will be kickstarted with £2 million of British aid cash, will harness Interpol's green-notice system, which issues international alerts over those "considered to be a threat to public safety".
Penny Mordaunt will give details of the programme, named Soteria after the Greek goddess of protection, when she opens an international safeguarding meeting in London.
Soteria aims to be a "one-stop shop" for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to check the past