Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section

2002

45 Children Rescued, 20 Arrests In U.S. Customs, Danish Police Investigation of Global Child - Molesting, Pornography Ring (8/9/02)

Operation Artus (3/20/02)

2003

U.S. Citizen Indicted on Child Sex Tourism Charges (12/3/03)

Indiana Man Indicted for Transporting Child Pornography (11/19/03)

Indiana Man Indicted for Distributing, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography (11/19/03)

Child Porn Fugitive Sentenced (10/31/03)

Former Dallas Police Chief and Wife Convicted on Obscenity Charges (10/22/03)

Two San Francisco Men Convicted of Prosecution of Child Pornography and Other Child Exploitation Crimes Involving Fairbanks Minor (9/26/03)

Kentucky Distributor of Obscene Material Sentenced to 6 months Incarceration and Other Penalties (9/5/03)

Four More Defendants Plead Guilty to Obscenity Charges in West Virginia (8/25/03)

Kentucky Couple Indicted on 103 Child Pornography Counts (8/9/03)

Extreme Associates, Los Angeles Couple, Indicted on Obscenity Charges (8/7/03)

Kokomo Man Sentenced to 41 Months on Child Pornography and Obscenity Charges (4/22/03)

2004

Guilty Verdict in Child Pornography Case (12/1/04)

Department of Justice Announces D.C. Human Trafficking Task Force and Grants for Law Enforcement to Fight Human Trafficking and Assist Victims (11/23/04)

Alaska Businessman Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking (11/22/04)

Ohio Couple Sentenced to Prison on Obscenity Charges (11/16/04)

West Virginia Man Sentenced to Prison on Obscenity Charges (11/15/04)

Former Las Vegas Web Master Sentenced for Child Sex Offenses (10/14/04)

Ohio Couple Pleads Guilty to Obscenity Charges (07/29/04)

Eight Defendants Plead Guilty in Multi-Million Dollar Racketeering, Obscenity, Fraud and Tax Evasion Scheme (06/14/04)

Three Indicted on Conspiracy and Obscenity Charges in Texas (05/27/04)

Ohio Couple Indicted on Obscenity Charges (04/14/04)

Florida and Montana Men Charged in Obscenity & Money Laundering Indictment (03/25/04)

Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Obscene Videotapes (03/23/04)

West Virginia Man Indicted on Obscenity Charges (3/10/04)

A Strengthened Partnership to Protect Children: Name That Sexual Predator! (3/3/04)

Georgia Man Convicted for Transporting Minors Across State Lines for Unlawful Sexual Activity, RICO, Conspiracy, Structuring Cash Transactions (1/23/04)

Belarussian, Florida Companies Indicted for Financing Internet Child Pornography (1/16/04)

Indiana Man Indicted for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography (1/6/04)

2005

Justice Department, FBI Announce Arrests Targeting Child Prostitution Rings in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Michigan (12/16/05)

Montana Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Conspiring to Distribute Obscene Materials (12/2/05)

Virginia Man Convicted for Receiving Obscene Materials, Child Pornography and Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children (12/1/05)

Indiana Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Offenses (11/30/05)

Ohio Man Convicted on Charges of Possessing Child Pornography (11/18/05)

National Operator of Sexually Oriented Business Pleads Guilty to Federal Obscenity and Tax Charges (11/4/05)

Florida Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Interstate Prostitution Ring with Minors (10/25/05)

Washington, DC Man Pleads Guilty to High-Tech Distribution of Child Pornography (10/14/05)

North Carolina Man Sentenced to Prison on Child Pornography Charges (10/12/05)

Washington, DC Man Indicted for Interstate Sex Trafficking and Rape of Children and Adult Females (10/5/05)

Three Defendants Indicted, Fourth Pleads Guilty in Takedown of Major International Spam Operation (8/25/05)

Maine Man Pleads Guilty to the Possession and Distribution of Images of Child Pornography (8/17/05)

Trio Charged With Conspiring to Transport a Minor to Engage in Prostitution (8/8/05)

Operator of Sexually Oriented Business Pleads Guilty to Federal Obscenity Charge (6/28/05)

Washington, DC Man Charged with High-Tech Distribution of Child Pornography (6/13/05)

Montana Man Sentenced on Charges of Conspiring to Transport Obscene Materials (6/8/05)

Oregon Man Pleads Guilty in International Sex Tourism Case (4/26/05)

Indiana Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Child Pornography High-Tech Distribution (4/12/05)

Indiana Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges (4/5/05)

Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison on Child Pornography Charges (3/29/05)

Georgia Man Sentenced to 17 1/2 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (3/24/05)

Colorado Man, Others Indicted on Obscenity, Racketeering and Tax Charges (3/14/05)

Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Obscenity Charge (3/10/05)

Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Obscenity Charge (2/25/05)

Oregon Man Indicted in International Sex Tourism Case (2/17/05)

Former Indiana Man Who Operated File Server Agrees to Plead Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (2/1/05)

Kentucky Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (1/4/05)

2006

Florida "Child Modeling" Web Site Owners Indicted for Conspiring with Alabama Photographer to Produce Child Pornography (11/28/06)

US Virgin Islands Man Indicted on Federal Child Pornography Charges (11/2/06)

Recidivist Sex Offender Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges in Montana (11/1/06)

Pennsylvania Woman Charged with Distributing Obscene Matter on the Internet (9/27/06)

Massachusetts Man Caught in Undercover FBI Sting Sentenced for Attempted Enticement of a Minor and Child Pornography (9/8/06)

Washington, DC Man Sentenced to 25 Years for High-tech Advertising and Distribution of More Than 10,000 images of Child Pornography (8/30/06)

Indiana Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Child Pornography (8/16/06)

Indiana Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (8/11/06)

Leaders of "Regpay" Internet Child Porn and Money Laundering Conspiracy Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison (8/9/06)

Virginia Man Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (7/14/06)

Massachusetts Pair Charged with Engaging in Child Prostitution Scheme (7/11/06)

Nevada Man Convicted on Charges Related to the Sex Trafficking of Minors (6/27/06)

Indiana Woman Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography (6/22/06)

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Production, Distribution, Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography (6/7/06)

Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography (5/3/06)

New York Man Found Guilty After Trial of Transporting, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography (5/3/06)

Florida Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Federal Child Prostitution Crimes (3/15/06)

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Child Pornography Charges (3/10/06)

Two Utah Men Face Child Pornography Charges in Case Involving Child Modeling Websites (3/6/06)

Washington, DC Man Convicted of Interstate Sex Trafficking of 14-Year-Old Child and 19-Year-Old Adult (3/1/06)

Three Massachusetts Residents Convicted of Conspiring to Transport a Minor to Engage in Prostitution (2/28/06)

Pennsylvania Man Ordered to Serve Life in Prison for Child Pornography in First Case Sentenced Under the "Two Strikes and You're Out" Law (2/17/06)

Jury Convicts New Jersey Man of Attempted Juvenile Sex Crime (2/6/06)

California Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing a Minor While Serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica (2/1/06)

Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Prosecution of Major International Spam Operation (1/31/06)

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (1/27/06)

2007

North Carolina Man Sentenced to 84 Months for Distribution of Child Pornography (12/14/07)

Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison in Mississippi for Possessing Child Pornography (12/14/07)

Maryland Man Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges (12/14/07)

AM Talk Radio Personality Indicted in Child Pornography Case (12/7/07)

Nantucket Man Arrested and Charged For Producing and Transporting Child Pornography (10/25/07)

Massachusetts Man Sentenced To 78 Months in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (10/24/07)

Kentucky Man Indicted on Child Sex Abuse and Child Pornography Charges (10/24/07)

Two Men Sentenced For Running International Pornographic Spamming Business (10/12/07)

Former Motivational Speaker Re-Sentenced to 20 Years for Transporting Child Pornography (10/12/07)

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Receipt of Child Pornography (10/12/07)

Massachusetts Man Indicted As Part of Nationwide Investigation of Internet Child Pornography Trade (10/11/07)

Recidivist Sex Offender Pleads Guilty to Child Exploitation Charges In Montana (10/2/07)

Repeat Sex Offender Pleads Guilty in Mississippi to Possessing Child Pornography (9/28/07)

Maryland Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges (9/13/07)

Former Orange County Man Brought to United States to Face Child Exploitation Charges (9/6/07)

Indianapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (8/23/07)

Richmond Man Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography via Peer-to-Peer Software (8/17/07)

Delaware Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Enticement of 12-Year-Old Girl and Receipt of Child Pornography (7/30/07)

Iowa Man Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (7/27/07)

Arkansas Man Pleads Guilty to Production and Transportation of Child Pornography (7/27/07)

Two Men Sentenced to Prison in Project Safe Childhood Cases (7/13/07)

Maryland Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Enticement of a Minor (7/6/07)

Nevada Man Sentenced to Life in Prison on Charges Related to the Sex Trafficking of Minors (7/3/07)

Virginia Man Indicted on Child Pornography and Weapons Charges (6/28/07)

Jury Convicts Two Men for Running International Pornography Spamming Business (6/25/07)

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Pornography (6/1/07)

Producer Paul Little Indicted on Obscenity Charges (5/31/07)

Iowa Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Producing Child Pornography (5/24/07)

Oregon Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison for Producing Child Pornography Via "Webcam" (5/22/07)

Mississippi Man Indicted on Child Exploitation Charges (5/17/07)

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Charges in Commercial Child Pornography Website Case (5/14/07)

Virginia Man Indicted for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography (5/10/07)

Digital Currency Business E-Gold Indicted for Money Laundering and Illegal Money Transmitting (4/27/07)

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced for Child Prostitution Scheme (4/27/07)

Virgin Islands Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography (4/25/07)

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography via Peer-to-Peer Software (4/25/07)

Idaho Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Producing Video of Toddler Being Sexually Abused (4/16/07)

Florida Man Convicted of Sex Tourism, Child Pornography Charges (4/5/07)

Virginia Man Sentenced to 262 Months for Producing and Trafficking Child Pornography (3/23/07)

Virgin Islands Man Indicted on Child Pornography Charges under Project Safe Childhood Initiative (3/21/07)

Virgin Islands Man Convicted of Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography (3/7/07)

Alabama Photographer Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (3/7/07)

Three Massachusetts Men Indicted as Part of Nationwide Investigation of Internet Child Pornography Trade (2/1/07)

Massachusetts Residents Sentenced for Conspiring to Transport a Minor to Engage in Prostitution (1/30/07)

West Virginia Man Convicted of Producing, Receiving, and Possessing Child Pornography (1/24/07)

New York Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison for Transporting, Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography (1/19/07)

Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Producing and Possessing Child Pornography (1/11/07)

2008

Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Tourism Charge (12/29/08)

California Man Pleads Guilty in International Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (12/29/08)

North Carolina Man Indicted and Arrested in Child Pornography Case (12/18/08)

Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty in International Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (12/18/08)

Florida Man Indicted for Possessing and Transporting Child Pornography (12/18/08)

St. Thomas Man Sentenced to 75 Months in Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography (12/17/08)

Canadian Man Arrested in United Kingdom on U.S. Charges of International Sex Tourism (12/15/08)

Department of Justice Announces Ongoing Global Enforcement Effort Targeting Child Pornographers (12/12/08)

Arizona Man Sentenced to More Than 18 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (12/10/08)

Redding, California, Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Charge (12/5/08)

Florida Physician Sentenced To More Than 33 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Receipt and Possession (11/24/08)

Attorney Sentenced for Receiving Child Pornography (11/24/08)

Two Men Plead Guilty on International Sex Tourism Charges (11/13/08)

District of Columbia Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges (11/13/08)

Nashville Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Child Pornography Offenses Involving Commercial Web Sites (11/7/08)

Oklahoma Businessman Found Guilty of Child Pornography Charges (11/5/08)

New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty on International Sex Tourism and Child Pornography Charges (10/28/08)

Florida Man Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison on Charge of Traveling to Sexually Exploit a Minor (10/23/08)

Maryland Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges (10/20/08)

Former Swim Coach in Indiana Sentenced in Child Pornography Case (10/17/08)

Indiana Man Sentenced for Transporting Child Pornography (10/16/08)

Mexican Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of Minors and Transportation for the Purpose of Commercial Sex Acts (10/7/08)

Adult Entertainment Producer Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison on Obscenity Charges (10/3/08)

California Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge (9/19/08)

Former Talk Radio Host Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Distributing Child Pornography (8/28/08)

Fresno Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Producing and Distributing Child Pornography (8/22/08)

Former Foster Parent Sentenced for Production and Transportation of Child Pornography (8/21/08)

Canadian Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison in Sex Tourism Case (8/15/08)

Alaska Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison on Sex Trafficking and Drug Charges (8/15/08)

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Charge of Traveling to Sexually Exploit a Minor (8/14/08)

Texas Man Pleads Guilty in International Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (8/13/08)

Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced on Obscenity Charges (8/7/08)

Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Child Pornography (8/4/08)

District of Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (7/30/08)

Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Transporting Child Pornography (7/25/08)

Former Swim Coach in Indiana Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charges (7/23/08)

Former Fresno County Sheriff's Sergeant Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography (7/17/08)

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography (7/11/08)

Federal Jury Convicts Florida Physician for Child Pornography Receipt and Possession (7/10/08)

Michigan Man Sentenced to More than 33 Years in Prison in Child Pornography Case (7/2/08)

Kentucky Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography (6/27/08)

Maryland Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography Through the Internet (6/26/08)

Virgin Islands Man Pleads Guilty to Receiving Child Pornography (6/18/08)

Warren County, Virginia, Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Child Pornography Production Ring (6/13/08)

Nantucket Man Sentenced To 25 Years in Prison for Producing, Transporting and Possessing Child Pornography (6/10/08)

Federal Jury Convicts California Producer and His Adult Entertainment Company of Obscenity Crimes (6/5/08)

Boston Man Sentenced on Child Prostitution Charges (5/28/08)

Former Child Acting Consultant Sentenced on Child Exploitation Charges (5/22/08)

Ohio County Recorder Pleads Guilty to Importation and Transportation of Obscene Matters (5/15/08)

Former Talk Radio Host Pleads Guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography (5/8/08)

Indiana Man Indicted in Nationwide Investigation of Internet Child Pornography Trade (5/8/08)

Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in Pensacola in Global Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (5/6/08)

Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Pensacola in International Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (4/28/08)

Chesapeake Man Pleads Guilty, Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Transporting Child Pornography (4/24/08)

Idaho Man Pleads Guilty in International Child Exploitation Enterprise Case (4/17/08)

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges (4/15/08)

Indiana Man Indicted and Arrested in Child Pornography Case (3/31/08)

Repeat Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison (3/27/08)

Warren County, Virginia Man Indicted For Role in Multi-State Child Pornography Production Ring (3/26/08)

Massachusetts Man Sentenced In Child Pornography Case (3/21/08)

New York Man Sentenced on Child Pornography and Obstruction of Justice Charges (3/12/08)

Members of Vast Child Exploitation Enterprise Indicted in the Northern District of Florida (3/4/08)

Jury Convicts Former Fresno County Sheriff’s Employee On Child Pornography Charges (2/29/08)

John David Waggoner Sentenced to 135 Months in Prison on Child Pornography Charges (2/22/08)

Federal Jury Convicts Arizona Man for Distributing and Possessing Child Pornography (2/15/08)

Federal Jury Convicts Anchorage Man in the First Sex Trafficking Trial in the District of Alaska (2/6/08)

East Boston Man Convicted on Child Prostitution Charges (2/4/08)

Georgia Federal Jury Convicts Former Child Acting Consultant on Child Exploitation Charges (2/1/08)

Florida Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Produce Child (1/25/08)

John Doe # 13 Indicted in Child Pornography Case (1/14/08)

Previously Convicted Indianapolis Sex Offender Sentenced (1/11/08)

Florida Men Sentenced for Production and Receipt of Child Pornography (1/8/08)

North Carolina Man is Sentenced to 192 Months Following (1/7/08)