The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

APPENDIX D THREAT ASSESSMENT: GOVERNMENTAL, NGO, AND OTHER AGENCY REPORTS AND DATAECPAT International(End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)http://www.ecpat.net/EI/index.aspRegional overview on child sexual abuse images through the use of information andCommunication technologies in Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine (2008).Executive Office for U.S. Attorneyshttp://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/index.htmlLegal Information Office Network System (LIONS) DatabaseTable 1. Suspects Referred to U.S. Attorneys with Sex Exploitation Offense as LeadCharge, 1994 and 2006Lead Charge 2006 1994 Percent GrowthNumber Percent Number Percent Number PercentTotal 3,661 100.0% 774 100.0% 2,887 100.0%Child Pornography 2,539 69.4% 169 21.8% 2,370 82.1%Sex Abuse 601 16.4% 568 73.4% 33 1.1%Sex Transportation 521 14.2% 37 4.8% 484 16.8%Source: Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, National LIONS database, fiscal year 2006,Bureau of Justice Statistics, Federal Prosecution of Child Sex Exploitation Offenders,2006, December 2007, NCJ 219412.Notes:• Percent growth is the distribution of the increase in referrals from 1994 to 2006.• For the offenses sex abuse and illegal sex transportation, data limitations did not permitsub setting statutes pertaining only to child victims. Statistics on these categories are overcounted to the extent persons 18 years and older were victims of the offense.Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)http://www.iwf.org.uk/D-1