Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is a
Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006 that aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. PSC coordinates efforts by various federal, state and local agencies and organizations to protect children by investigating and prosecuting online
sexual predators
A sexual predator is a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" or abusive manner. Analogous to how a predator hunts down its prey, so the sexual predator is thought to "hunt" ...
.
PSC partners include
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces, the
FBI,
U.S. Postal Inspection Service,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the
U.S. Marshals Service, the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and the Pres ...
, and state and local law enforcement officials in each U.S. Attorney's district.
Prominent arrests under Project Safe Childhood
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James Gordon Meek,
ABC News
ABC News is the journalism, news division of the American broadcast network American Broadcasting Company, ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ''ABC World News Tonight, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other progra ...
producer accused of raping and otherwise abusing children
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Josh Duggar, 2021
References
External links
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United States Department of Justice agencies
Government agencies established in 2006
2006 establishments in the United States
Child sexual abuse in the United States
Computer security organizations
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