The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

CEOS has worked with foreign law enforcement agencies, such as Interpol, Europol, andEurojust, to coordinate international investigations. Some of these investigations begin with theidentification of an offender in the United States, while others begin with the identification of anoffender in a foreign country. All, however, are complex cases requiring close internationalteamwork.The Criminal Division’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training(OPDAT), drawing on the expertise of experienced prosecutors from CEOS, the Civil RightsDivision and its Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, and the United States Attorney’s Offices,has designed and executed technical assistance and training programs overseas to strengtheninternational capacity to combat trafficking in persons, including child sex trafficking and childexploitation offenses. OPDAT assisted Brazil in the drafting of a child pornography law,enacted in November 2008, which makes possession of child pornography a felony, the first timeit has been so criminalized in Brazil. OPDAT provided technical assistance and training toRussia in addressing its serious child exploitation and pornography problems. As a result, theRussian MVD (Interior Ministry) agreed to participate in the FBI’s Innocent Images Global TaskForce; Russian child pornography investigations increased tenfold; and in July 2009, Russiaenacted legislation with severe penalties for crimes against minors, including sexual abuse.Additionally, CEOS, in partnership with OPDAT and the State Department, regularly providestraining for foreign delegates on child exploitation offenses as part of the State Department’sInternational Visitor Program. These training sessions range from providing an overview of U.S.child exploitation laws, including child protection statutes, and how to investigate and prosecutehuman trafficking cases successfully.From 2007 – 2009, CEOS discussed these issues with delegates from countries such as Albania,Algeria, Austria, Bosnia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland,France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,Kosovo and Bosnia, Laos, Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines,Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, theUkraine, and the United Arab Emirates.Moreover, CEOS trial attorneys regularly perform extensive overseas training programs. Forexample, CEOS team members have travelled to several cities throughout Latvia to train anaudience of Latvian judges, police, and prosecutors on numerous topics related to humantrafficking. These topics included an overview of U.S. laws, a discussion of appropriateinvestigative techniques, and a primer on the international response to human trafficking,including a discussion of relevant international treaties. CEOS attorneys have conducted similartraining programs in Cambodia, Nepal, Thailand, Morocco, Nigeria, Armenia, and Indonesia. In2009 alone, CEOS attorneys went to the Philippines, Panama, Morocco, Brazil, Colombia, andthe Dominican Republic for child sex tourism trainings.As outlined above, CEOS contributes to policy developments at the international level, workingwith such bodies as the G8, the United Nations, and the Council of Europe. For example, toaddress a lack of consensus concerning the danger posed by child pornography collectors tochildren, CEOS proposed, developed and delivered, through the G8 Law Enforcement Projects104