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Child pornography file-sharing investigations
Feb 22, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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In our story this week revealing how investigators in Lake County are using file-sharing programs to track down child pornography cases, we didn't have time to explain that the leads for these cases come from police all over the country. In the two cases we mentioned, it was a Wheaton police officer, a member of the Illinois Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC), who was using Limewire to search for child porn. When he located potential violators in Lake County, he notified investigators there and they took over the cases. One reason that police aren't spending more time on Limewire, looking for such cases, is that many of the suspects they discover are in far-away jurisdictions.

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liftstation read my blog
Mar 1, 2008 | 12:24 PM

I assume you mean other countries when you say far-away jurisdictions. I say that is not a good reason. We are suppose to be thinking about a world community. There are officials or police that need to be notified no matter where these perv's live. Just like any disease, if we don't attack it, it will spread.
ChgoPatriot
Mar 5, 2008 | 12:33 PM

Although the "World Community" theory is a nice one, it is not realistic...Laws differ from state to state, and certainly country to country. Some of the former Soviet block nations do not have any laws regarding child pornography, let alone other 3rd world countries...when a local police officer tracks an offender in say, Bosnia, how would the investigation continue? Local Police also have an uphill battle in combating this crime, due to budget constraints imposed by local politicians who honestly do not understand the technology, nor are willing to spend the $$$ in order to keep these high tech officers in equipment equal to people trading child pornography. The story also reports that a Wheaton Police officer was the first to do this type of investigation, which is not true, there are several jurisdictions who have been actively conducting these type of investigations for several years with great success.
liftstation read my blog
Mar 5, 2008 | 5:27 PM

As you can see, I don't understand the technology. But I believe every state has enacted laws that deal with it. Certainly not the same laws. My point is that the above statement says that the reason they are not spending more time is because of distant and jurisdiction. I understand that trying to report the offense to police in lets say, Cambodia is a problem. But I suspect that the FBI could deal with it and know if it was practical. You mentioned others that have been investigating it for years. If I remember right, the FBI was one of those. But I'm sure they thought of that long before we cam along.
Phobos view my photos
Mar 5, 2008 | 10:18 PM

Hey, this is Illinois. Lets just legalize so we can TAX it. Everything else is taxed.
liftstation read my blog
Mar 5, 2008 | 10:24 PM

10% sales tax in Cook. Hummm, let's see if I spend $10000. on a new car I will pat $1000. tax?
printman31 read my blog
Mar 18, 2008 | 12:38 PM

Does it really matter what these freaks do online??? I mean they get busted & normally get nothing more than a slap on the hand because some Psych Doc comes in & wants to claim they have a disease...Yes the American Psychiatric Assoc classifies Pedophilia as a disease...
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