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 Welcome
to the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) website. Created
in 1987, the mission of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS) is to protect the welfare of America’s children and communities by
enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of
children.
As the nation’s experts in child exploitation issues,
CEOS leads the Department of Justice in its endeavor to continuously
improve the enforcement of federal child exploitation laws and prevent
the exploitation of children. CEOS attorneys prosecute defendants who
have violated federal child exploitation laws and also assist the 94
United States Attorney Offices in investigations, trials, and appeals
related to these offenses. In addition, CEOS attorneys perform other
vital functions within the Criminal Division of the Department of
Justice, including providing advice and training to federal prosecutors,
law enforcement personnel, and Department of Justice officials, developing
prosecution policies, legislation, government practices and agency
regulations, and participating in national and international meetings on
training and policy development. In all aspects of their work, CEOS
attorneys seek to blend prosecutorial experience with policy expertise
in order to create innovative solutions to the threat posed by those who
violate child exploitation laws.
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Department of
Justice Releases First National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention
and Interdiction
On August 2, 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder today
announced that the Department of Justice released its first-ever National
Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction. The strategy
also provides the first-ever comprehensive threat assessment of the
dangers facing children from child pornography, online enticement, child
sex tourism, commercial sexual exploitation and sexual exploitation in
Indian Country, and outlines a blueprint to strengthen the fight against
these crimes.
To learn more, click here.
Response to
Reluctant Rebellion
Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Assistant Deputy Chief
Alexandra Gelber responds to Mark Hansen’s article “A Reluctant
Rebellion,” which appeared in the June 2009 issue of the ABA Journal. Ms. Gelber notes that while Mr. Hansen’s
article raises questions about the child pornography sentencing guidelines,
his piece speaks to a much more fundamental question about the legitimacy
of the crime at issue. Ms. Gelber's
article exposes the fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of the
crime, the offenders, and the law, that permeate the ABA Journal article. Ms. Gelber shows how, when properly
understood, the substance and structure of the criminal provisions and
sentences for these pernicious crimes show an appropriate response to an
exploding crime problem.
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Project
Safe Childhood (PSC) aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated
sexual exploitation crimes against children.
To view the Project Safe Childhood web site, click here.
The Project Safe Childhood Guide is available here.
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