Only the moderators of that section you reported in can see it. Upper staff can see it, no matter where it's reported.
Also, to explain how it works...from my logs:
Larry says (5:50 PM):
It just comes up kinda like VMs... where we see what post is in violation, who reported, and the message. There's an option to close, send to pending, or keep open and leave a comment. Then, there's a little box that says, "Do this for duplicates" which is automatically clicked... so... D: