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Child Exploitation
- Agencies
- Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Unit (WI Dept. of Justice)
Has multi-jurisdictional authority to investigate and prosecute those individuals who use the internet to exploit children. - U.S. Dept. of Justice: Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section
Prosecutes violations of federal laws concerning the exploitation of children and sexual abuse of children. Website provides legal information and federal laws regarding child pornography, child prostitution, obscenity, trafficking and international parental kidnapping. - Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing & Exploited Children & Adults (WI Dept. of Justice)
Resources for parents and law enforcement. Includes information related to runaways, safety, abduction, and sexual exploitation.
- Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Unit (WI Dept. of Justice)
- CyberTipline (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
Report child sexual exploitation. - Electronic Solicitation or Luring of Children, State Laws (NCSL)
The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)
- WI Statutes: s. 944.25 "Sending Obscene or Sexually Explicit Electronic Messages"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.05 "Sexual Exploitation of a Child"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.075 "Use of a Computer to Facilitate a Child Sex Crime"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.08 "Soliciting a Child for Prostitution"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.11 "Exposing a Child to Harmful Material or Harmful Descriptions or Narrations"
- WI Statutes: s. 948.12 "Possession of Child Pornography"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1466A "Obscene Visual Representations of the Sexual Abuse of Children"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1470 "Transfer of Obscene Materials to Minors"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 1591 "Sex Trafficking of Children or by Force, Fraud, or Coercion"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2241-2248 "Sexual Abuse"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2251-2260 "Sexual Exploitation and Other Abuse of Children"
- U.S. Code: 18 USC 2421-2428"Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity and Related Crimes"
- Citizen's Guide to United States Federal Exploitation and Obscenity Laws
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