Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

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The Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section is a specialized unit of the U.S. Department of Justice that investigates and prosecutes federal crimes involving child sexual exploitation, obscenity, and related offenses.


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instanceOf federal law enforcement unit
section of the United States Department of Justice
basedIn Washington, D.C.
collaboratesWith Federal Bureau of Investigation
Homeland Security Investigations
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
United States Attorneys’ Offices
foreign law enforcement partners
state and local law enforcement agencies
country United States
employs federal prosecutors
investigative support staff
policy and training specialists
fieldOfWork child pornography enforcement
child sexual exploitation
child victim identification
coordination of international child exploitation enforcement
coordination of national child exploitation enforcement
extraterritorial sexual exploitation of children
human trafficking involving minors
international child exploitation investigations
internet-facilitated child exploitation
obscene materials involving adults
obscene materials involving children
obscenity law enforcement
policy development on child exploitation
prosecution of federal child exploitation crimes
prosecution of federal obscenity crimes
sex tourism involving minors
sexual exploitation of children
training on child exploitation investigations
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States
legalAuthority federal criminal statutes on child pornography
federal criminal statutes on obscenity
federal criminal statutes on sex tourism involving minors
federal criminal statutes on sex trafficking of children
federal criminal statutes on sexual exploitation of children
mission to develop and implement national strategies to combat child exploitation
to investigate and prosecute federal crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children
to investigate and prosecute federal obscenity crimes
to provide training and guidance to federal, state, local, and international law enforcement on child exploitation cases
to support and coordinate child exploitation investigations nationwide
parentOrganization United States Department of Justice
partOf Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice
responsibleFor complex and multi-district child exploitation prosecutions
developing best practices for investigating child exploitation
policy and legislative initiatives related to child exploitation and obscenity
providing subject-matter expertise in child exploitation cases

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Criminal Division
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