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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.
U.S. Department of
Justice, Criminal Division ° Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS)
1400 New York Avenue,
6th Floor ° Washington,
D.C. 20530
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