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The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

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Number of <strong>Child</strong> Prostitution Complaints Processed by ICAC Task Forces, 2004-2008400300200100034524515534542004 2005 2006 2007 2008Interpolhttp://www.interpol.int/Source: Office of Juvenile Justice <strong>and</strong> Delinquency Programs.<strong>Child</strong> Abuse Image Database (ICAID) is a global database <strong>for</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ensic analysis of digitalimages of child abuse. It currently contains more than 520,000 images submitted by 36 membercountries. This database has helped police identify <strong>and</strong> rescue almost 600 victims from 31different countries to date. <strong>The</strong> ICAID also enables Interpol to assist ongoing investigations byproviding a mechanism <strong>for</strong> alerting authorities when new images of sexual abuse are found.International <strong>Child</strong> Sexual <strong>Exploitation</strong> Database (ICSE) is an Interpol database, replacingICAID, activated in 2009 containing an estimated 200,000 to 250,000 images of child victims ofsexual abuse. <strong>The</strong>se images are viewed <strong>and</strong> analyzed by specially trained personnel in support ofongoing investigations in an ef<strong>for</strong>t to identify <strong>and</strong> rescue these victims. As of March 1, 2010 thereview of ICSE images have resulted in the identification of 1, 617 victims worldwide, of thistotal 701 were identified as victims located in the United States.U.S. Immigration <strong>and</strong> Customs En<strong>for</strong>cement (ICE)www.ice.gov<strong>National</strong> Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)http://www.justice.gov/ndic/In support of this Threat Assessment, NDIC intelligence analysts, field intelligence officers, <strong>and</strong>strategic debriefers interviewed 168 child exploitation experts from 26 federal, state, <strong>and</strong> locallaw en<strong>for</strong>cement agencies <strong>and</strong> task <strong>for</strong>ces, as well as NGOs involved in supporting victims ofsuch crimes. While the data is too voluminous to publish within this appendix, the findingsstemming from them are summarized below <strong>and</strong> described appropriately when referenced withinthe body of the Assessment. <strong>The</strong> percentages assigned to response results are not totaled from aD-7

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