This Task Force is designed to formalize an already successful working relationship between state and federal government in an attempt to efficiently and effectively fight child pornography and the sexual exploitation of children in our society. In doing so, the Task Force will investigate and prosecute various sex crimes against children in cooperation with a whole host of other law enforcement agencies throughout Pennsylvania and the United States.
Child pornography can take many forms, which violate both state and federal laws.
It can consist of 35mm or Polaroid photographs, slides, 8mm films, videotapes, magazines, computer depictions, books or pamphlets, etc. Not only can it be secreted away for occasional viewing or prominently displayed on the Internet, it can be transferred in its many forms from one source to another. By carrying out its mission of investigating and prosecuting the sexual exploitation of children, the Task Force will strive to prevent further production, manufacturing, and transfer of child pornography, as well as to identify victims and to offer the professional assistance these children may require in dealing with the abuse. The first step in this process involves locating and identifying those individuals who maintain a sexual interest in minors. Some of these sexual predators closet themselves in secret groups or societies.