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CEOS Mission
 This section is part of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. In connection with the 93 United States Attorney Offices around the country, CEOS prosecutes violations of federal law related to producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing child pornography, transporting women or children interstate for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual activity, traveling interstate or internationally to sexually abuse children, and international parental kidnapping. This section has jurisdiction to prosecute cases of child abuse on federal and Indian lands as well. CEOS also actively enforces federal laws against transporting obscene materials in interstate or foreign commerce.
Additionally, CEOS attorneys provide advice on child victim witness issues, and develop and refine proposals for prosecution policies, legislation, government practices and agency regulations in the areas of sexual exploitation of minors, child support, and obscenity for the federal prosecutors and relevant federal law enforcement personnel. CEOS also conducts and participates in training of federal, state, local and international prosecutors, investigators and judges in the areas of child exploitation and trafficking of women and children.
CEOS is focused on waging an aggressive battle to protect children from individuals who use computers or the United States mails to sexually abuse and exploit them. CEOS works with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Secret Service in investigating and prosecuting its cases. Over the last few years, CEOS worked with the FBI in initiating its major project to combat the use of computers to traffic in child pornography and exploit children online, and continues to be actively involved in providing training on child pornography issues to FBI and other law enforcement personnel.
On the international front, CEOS participates in training and policy development on the issues of child exploitation and the trafficking of women and children for sexual purposes. Because the distribution of child pornography online knows no borders and because it is now much easier to travel among countries, the United States must work in concert manner with other countries to combat the incidences of child exploitation and trafficking of women and children. In the area of trafficking, CEOS participates in the Interagency Council on Women working group and plays a leading role in the DOJ Working Group on the issue.
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