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handles leads from individuals reporting the sexual exploitation of
children.
Please contact us if you have information that will help
in our fight against child sexual exploitation. Your information will
be forwarded to law enforcement for investigation and review, and, when
appropriate, to the Internet Service Provider. The U.S. Congress has funded
these initiatives for reporting child sexual exploitation.
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If you know about a child
who is in immediate risk or danger, call local law enforcement.
If you have any information about a missing child,
call 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
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Types of Child Sexual Exploitation
| NCMEC, in partnership with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Secret
Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, state and local law enforcement
, and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces, serves as the national
CyberTipline and as the national Child
Pornography Tipline 1-800-843-5678. |
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Important Links
Other Tiplines
Europe www.inhope.org
Canada www.cybertip.ca
Adult Obscenity
www.obscenitycrimes.org
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| The
Possession, Manufacture, and Distribution of Child Pornography |
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Child pornography has been defined under federal statute as a visual
depiction of a minor (child younger than 18) engaged in sexually explicit
conduct ( 18 U.S.C. 2256).
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| The
Online Enticement of Children For Sexual Acts |
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Use of the Internet to entice, invite, or persuade a child to meet for
sexual acts, or to help arrange such a meeting, is a serious offense (18
U.S.C. 2425).
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| Child
Prostitution |
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Prostitution is generally defined as performing, offering, or agreeing
to perform a sexual act for any money, property, token, object, article,
or anything of value (18 U.S.C. 2431, 2423(a).
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| Child-Sex Tourism |
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It is against the law for any United States citizen to travel abroad
to engage in sexual activity with any child under the age of 18 (18 U.S.C.
2423b). Individuals who partake in this illegal activity are subject to
prosecution in the United States even if they committed the crime on foreign
soil.
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| Child Sexual
Molestation (not in the family) |
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Child sexual exploitation (not in the family), also known as extra-familial
child sexual abuse, includes all sexual exploitation of a child by someone
other than a family member.
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Obscene Material Sent to a Child |
| It is an unfortunate reality of
the Internet that children will encounter obscene material online. Many
times this material is attached as an image(s) or hyperlink(s) sent to a
child in an unsolicited E-mail or "spam."
To combat this problem NCMEC takes reports of unsolicited obscene material
sent to a child. It is a violation of criminal law for any person to knowingly
or attempt to send or transfer obscene material to another individual
who has not attained the age of 16 years (18 U.S.C.A. 1470).
Please report any incidents where a child may have received visual depictions
of persons engaging in sexually explicit conduct that is obscene.
If you are an adult who is concerned about adult obscenity not involving
children on the Internet, please make a report to www.obscenitycrimes.org.
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| Misleading
Domain Name |
It is a federal offense to use a misleading domain name on
the Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that
is harmful to minors, regardless of whether the material meets the legal
definition of obscenity (18 U.S.C. 2252B). Please report the use of a misleading
domain name that has directed a child to a web site containing harmful materials
to children.
Adults who are concerned about obscenity that has not been accessed by a
child on the Internet may file a report at www.obscenitycrimes.org. |
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