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Available reporting does not provide a single, reliable national percentage of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) possession cases that lead to prosecution and conviction in the United States; researc...
Federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI, a component of ICE/DHS), have explicit roles and long-standing programs...
Under Director Kash Patel the FBI has emphasized large, high‑visibility crackdowns on online child‑exploitation networks—publicizing operations like the “764” investigation and large task‑force arrest...
There is no reliable percentage in the available reporting that quantifies how many CyberTipline referrals result in ; NCMEC itself says it does not routinely have access to case outcomes after referr...
Victims who disclose grooming years after it occurred face a patchwork of legal protections and reporting pathways: some jurisdictions recognize grooming as a discrete offense and permit grooming evid...
Federal law does allow prosecution for viewing or streaming child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and the Department of Justice has charged and convicted defendants who accessed CSAM on Tor, treating re...
Countries across North America, Europe and Asia have documented cases where minors were exploited in pornography and have pursued prosecution through domestic criminal laws and international cooperati...
Authoritative, year-by-year tracking of convictions for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is scattered across federal agencies and state reports: the U.S. Department of Justice publishes enforcement ...
Federal prosecutors pursue a wide range of child‑exploitation cases—including cases tied to Tor and darknet sites—most commonly charging possession, receipt, distribution, or production of child sexua...