Assistance
with Child Sexual Exploitation Cases
Investigating cases of child sexual exploitation
may require specialized technical skills outside the scope of usual investigation
methods. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is available
to provide technical assistance to federal, state, local, and international
law enforcement agencies investigating child sexual exploitation.
Resources available through
the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children include:
9-1-1
Call Center Partner Program. The National Center
for Missing & Exploited Children provides
technical assistance, training, and educational materials to help 9-1-1
Call Centers effectively respond to reports of missing and/or
sexually exploited children.
Attempted
Abductions. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children analysts
confirm and track incidents of attempted abductions of children, as well
as, Sexual Assaults, Indecent Exposures, Short-term Abductions (Abduct & Release)
and any other suspicious incidents involving children.
Case
Analysis. Using
the National Center
for Missing & Exploited Children databases, external sources,
and geographic databases, our analysts track leads, identify patterns
among cases, and help coordinate investigations by linking cases
together.
CyberTipline®. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
operates this Congressionally-mandated reporting website for child sexual
exploitation, including child pornography and online enticement among
others.
Child
Victim Identification Program.
The National Center
for Missing & Exploited Children
serves as the national clearinghouse for child pornography cases and the main
point of contact to international agencies about victims of child pornography.
Family
Advocacy Services. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provides technical assistance, referrals, and crisis intervention services for
families, law enforcement, and family advocacy agencies.
Hotline:
1-800-THE-LOST® (1-800-843-5678).
The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children operates the Hotline
24 hours/7 days a week to record lead and sighting information from the
public, help professionals and families searching for missing children,
and assist in sexual exploitation cases.
Internet
Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Training and Technical Assistance. The
ICAC Training and Technical Assistance Program supports state and local law enforcement
agencies' activities to combat Internet crimes against children.
Legal
Resources. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provides technical
assistance to prosecutors and civil attorneys who represent children,
law enforcement, state and federal legislators, and other professionals
combating child exploitation.
Project
ALERT. The National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children coordinates Project Alert, America's Law Enforcement Retiree Team,
which is comprised of skilled, retired, law enforcement officers who provide
free, on-site assistance to active law enforcement.
Missing-Child
Clearinghouse Program. Each of the 50 states, plus the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, and the Netherlands,
provides resources for missing children, their families, and the professionals
who serve them. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provides training
and technical assistance in cases of missing and sexually exploited children.
Sex
Offender Tracking. The
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) provides
analytical resources to law enforcement in their efforts to locate noncompliant
registered sex offenders by using NCMEC databases, external sources,
and geographic databases.
Team
Adam. Team Adam sends experienced investigative
specialists to the sites of serious child abductions and child sexual exploitation
cases to advise and assist local investigators.
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