The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

The Figure below shows the number of files available for peer-to-peer sharing by unique IPsidentified by Operation RoundUp between October 5, 2008 and October 4, 2009. Over 630,000of the unique IP addresses identified had only one identified child pornography file. The greatestnumber of identified child pornography files available from a single unique IP address was2,365.Number of Identified Child Pornography Files Available from Unique IP Addresses[Operation RoundUp]700000.00Number of Unique IP Addresses600000.00500000.00400000.00638217.00300000.00200000.00100000.00433936.000.0062737.00860.00 17.00 3.00 1.00 2.001 2 to 9 10 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 499 500 to 799 800 to 999Number of Unique FilesGreaterthan 1000Source: Massachusetts State PoliceAs this Report noted above, it is not possible to provide an exact number of people trading childpornography across the world. UNICEF and the United Nations have provided some estimates,however, their inclusion here does not indicate that the Department endorses these figures.UNICEF estimates that there are more than four million websites featuring sexually exploitedminors. Further, the number of child pornography websites is growing: 480,000 sites wereidentified in 2004 compared to 261,653 in 2001. More than 200 new images are circulated daily,and UNICEF estimates that the production and distribution of child pornographic imagesgenerates in between 3 and 20 billion dollars a year. 17The United Nations released a report in July 2009 asserting that there are approximately 750,00017 United Nations. (2000). Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and childpornography, Najat M’jid Maalla. A/HRC/12/23. 13 July 2009.15