The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

combine resources and expertise on the issue. Today, the FBI participates in approximately 30law enforcement task forces and the 42 Bureau of Justice Assistance-sponsored task forcesaround the nation.FBI Victim Specialists (along with victim specialists from the United States Attorneys’ Officesand/or other non-government victim assistance providers) work with human trafficking victimsto not only advise them of their rights as victims but also to assure they get the help they need toaddress their short-term and long-term needs—like legal and repatriation services, immigrationrelief, housing, employment, education, job training, and child care. In addition, FBI fieldoffices continue to build relationships with civic and community groups and non-governmentalorganizations that can refer cases and provide valuable insights and information.3. Efforts to Coordinate With the Judicial BranchThe Department is actively engaged with the Judicial Branch. Under the Sentencing Reform Actof 1984, the Attorney General serves as an ex-officio member of the United States SentencingCommission. Each year, the Department submits to the Sentencing Commission a reportcommenting on the operation of the sentencing guidelines, suggesting changes that appear to bewarranted, and otherwise assessing the Commission’s work. 28 U.S.C. § 994(o). TheDepartment participates in all Sentencing Commission meetings, testifies at Commission publichearings on all significant issues pending before the Commission, and participates in theCommission’s annual training seminar. The Department also serves as an ex-officio member ofthe Advisory Committee on the Criminal Rules, the Judicial Conference Committee responsiblefor reviewing proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, as well as theJudicial Conference’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Departmentwill be participating in a panel discussion on child exploitation sentencing at the SentencingCommission’s National Conference in June 2010.4. International Coordination Efforts to Prevent and Interdict ChildExploitationThe circulation and collection of child pornography, child sex trafficking, and child sex tourismare crimes that necessarily cross international borders. Therefore, the United States regularlyengages in bilateral and multilateral efforts to deter and prevent the sexual exploitation ofchildren.With respect to the international trafficking of children for sexual exploitation, the United Statesfunds programs abroad to combat trafficking, exploitive child labor, commercial sexualexploitation of children, and child sex tourism. In 2003, President Bush launched a $50 millionInitiative on Trafficking in Persons (POTUS Initiative) to support organizations that rescue,shelter, and provide services to women and children who are victims of trafficking. Thisinitiative has funded projects in Brazil, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, SierraLeone, and Tanzania. The Departments of State and Health and Human Services have alsofunded deterrence and public information campaigns abroad in countries such as Cambodia, CostaRica, Brazil, Thailand, and Mexico targeted at U.S. child sex tourists.100