Lori's+notes

Operation Blue Ridge Thunder_Bedford Co. Sheriff's Office
 * Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
 * Law enforcement functions throughout the US
 * Focus on child pornography
 * 65-70% of households have computers
 * How is it used?
 * Where is it located?
 * Computers in the bedrooms of children
 * Computers are referred to another "aapliance"
 * A new area of law enforcement_Cyber Cops
 * 1998: 10 original Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Task force formed in US
 * 1999: 10 more formed
 * 2000:10 more
 * 2006: approx 50 now in existence (46 ITAC Task Forces)
 * "weaving a seamless web of protection" - A child's innocence is never to be replaced
 * Fight child abuse through the investigation of manufacturing, possessing, and distributing child pornography
 * Identify and arrest preferential offenders
 * Investigate threats, online solicitations,
 * Prevention through public education
 * Lobby for laws that make Internet sage
 * "any image that depicts someone being less than 18 yrs in age"
 * Online enticement of
 * Prostitution
 * Sex tourism
 * Unsolicited obscene material
 * Misleading domain name
 * How do they break cases?
 * Cyber-tips
 * Undercover online investigation
 * Peer to peer investigations
 * Undercover operations
 * Information from victims
 * Information from citizens
 * Partners
 * Other ICACs
 * Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
 * National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
 * Secret Service
 * US Marshal Service
 * Reality of the Internet
 * 1 in 4 children had an unwanted exposure to sexually explicit information
 * 1 in 7 received a sexual solicitation
 * 65% in chatrooms
 * 24% IM
 * 11% email
 * 1 in 17 was threatened or harassed
 * 1 in 33 received an aggressive sexual solicitation
 * Children are "Ideal" victims
 * Naturally curious
 * Naïve
 * Preferential offenders
 * AOL/YAHOO/MSN
 * Local chat rooms
 * Formed by members with common interests
 * Online solicitation
 * Sexual acts
 * Drugs/narcotics
 * Check out the online resources to support Internet Crimes Against Children