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Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)

Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)

About CEOS

Welcome to the website of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). Since its creation in 1987, CEOS´s mission has been to protect the welfare of America´s children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of children and obscenity.

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Leadership


Steven J. Grocki
Chief, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section 

News
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Hudson County Man Charged with Production, Distribution, and Possession of Child Pornography, and Coercion and Enticement
A Hudson County, New Jersey man was arrested for allegedly inducing multiple minors to send him sexually explicit videos and pictures over online platforms.
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36-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor
PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois man, Paul Graf, 36, of the 1000 block of West Willow Lane, was sentenced in federal court on April 17, 2025, to...
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Federal Judge Finds a Virginia Man Guilty of Child Pornography Offenses
Yesterday, a district court judge convicted a Virginia man, who worked for the Department of Commerce, of possessing and receiving child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Federal judge finds Alexandria man guilty of child pornography offenses
A federal judge convicted Rafferty Daniel Kelly, 40, of Alexandria, on charges of receipt and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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Texas Man Charged with Child Pornography Offenses
A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging Carlos Eduardo Pineda-Morales, 34, of Denton, Texas, with receipt of child pornography and access with intent to view...
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German national stationed in Northern Virginia sentenced for receiving child sexual abuse material from the BitTorrent file-sharing network
Peter Markus Kuttke, 49, a German national who worked the German military’s U.S. outpost in Northern Virginia, was sentenced today to six years and six months in prison...