ISS Session 2 – Online Investigation of Crimes Against Children September 21, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Conference Sessions.trackback
The Innocent Images National Initiative
SSA Joseph C. Schwecke
SA Stephen Roberts
Denver Division
DOJ – FBI
Federal investigations of online sexual exploitation of children began with kidnapping of George Burdynski, Jr in May of 1993. Child pornography has been a part of the Internet from the earliest days. Since that time, 17,691 cases were opened, resulting in 5,840 convictions. 37% of all cyber investigations in 2006 involved Innocent Images (child exploitation.)
Two kinds of cyber crime:
1. emerging threats to national security – terrorist groups, state actors
2. traditional crime migrating to the Internet – child exploitation, hackers, intellectual property, fraud, identity theft
Why is the Internet a source for this problem? The Internet offers an environment of a safe haven. It offers anonymity, control over the environment (control how and who you contact,) access to ‘like minded’ individuals, and efficiency. The Internet also provides easy access to children.
Members of undercover task forces are themselves evaluated every 6 months.
A case study was presented.
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