The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

First, the Department will continue to partner closely with state, local, tribal, and nongovernmentalentities, as well as other federal agencies and the private sector to implement theNational Strategy in a coordinated fashion.Second, the Department will build on the success of the Project Safe Childhood initiative.Third, the Department will increase its commitment to a leadership role in finding a globalsolution to the transnational problem of the sexual exploitation of children.Fourth, the Department will work toward improving the quality, effectiveness, and timeliness ofcomputer forensic investigations and analysis.Fifth, the Department will increase its commitment to effective and sophisticated training forprosecutors and investigators.Sixth, the Department will continue to partner with Industry to develop objectives to reduce theexchange of child pornography.Seventh, the Department will explore opportunities to increase the education and awareness offederal, state, local and tribal judges of the difficult issues involved in child sexual exploitation.In support of the goals above, the Department has set priorities for accomplishing the goals ofthis National Strategy. The following is a summary of those priorities.B. Goals to Address Dangers Identified by the Threat AssessmentTo address the specific dangers identified by the Threat Assessment, the Department willemphasize certain areas of priority, including: (1) child pornography and online enticement ofchildren for sexual purposes; (2) commercial sexual exploitation of children (domesticprostitution), (3) child sex tourism; and (4) child exploitation in Indian Country.1. Child Pornography and Online ExploitationThe Threat Assessment revealed that the expansion of the Internet has lead to an explosion in themarket for child pornography, leading, in turn, to increased access, creation, and distribution ofthese abusive images.As noted above, Project Safe Childhood was designed to develop district-specific strategiesbetween U.S. Attorney’s offices, ICAC task forces, and other federal, state, and local partners, tocombat Internet-facilitated child exploitation. PSC has lead to a dramatic increase in the federalprosecution of these cases, and to the rescue and identification of many victims.PrioritiesUtilizing enhanced investigative and technological resources, the Department will focus itsefforts on the most dangerous, most prolific offenders. Sophisticated training for investigators138