INTERNET HISTORY
Cyberspace = World Wide Web = Internet
equals connections to computers anywhere
in the world and almost instantaneous
access to virtually an unlimited amount of
information.
Dangers Online
There are over 1.6 billion web sites
There are an estimated 12.8 million
pornographic websites
Estimates indicate that there are over 17,000
websites devoted to child pornography or
pedophilia.
According to police estimates, as many as
80,000 child pornography files are traded
online every week and 75% of all child porn is
distributed over the internet. (ZDNet)
What ARE “Internet Crimes
Against Children?”
Using a
computer to:
•Possess child porn
•distribute child porn
•manufacture child porn
•online enticement of
children for sexual acts
•Child sex tourism
•child prostitution
•child sexual molestation
(not in the family)
•kids threatening kids
•children bought and sold
•cyber-stalking
•charges vary from state to
state and jurisdiction
Kids and the Internet
The majority of US children over
the age of 12 are allowed to surf
the Web unsupervised,
according to a recent
survey by Greenfield Online.
The study found that only 5
percent of parents with children
over the age of 16 attempt to
monitor their online activities,
with just 20 percent of parents
using software to control the type
of material their children can
access online.
Greenfield estimates that 55
percent of children aged 11 and
over use the Net for school work,
while 20 percent of parents with
children in this age group say
that they are more interested in
the Net than in TV.
Who Surfs Alone?
15% < 12 years old
12-15 years
old
50%
> 15 years old
75%
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Question - What percentage of girls aged 12-18 have had
some form of cyber sex.
Answer - Of the 10,800 girls in this age bracket that
participated, 60 percent answered yes.
Question - Of those girls in the study, how many actually met a
person online and then met them offline.
Answer
- 39 percent
Youth Internet Safety Survey
Category I: Sexual Solicitations
Unwanted Solicitations Received
70% AT HOME
 Most others occur at a friend’s house (13%)
Youth Internet Safety Survey
Category I: Sexual Solicitations
Identifying solicitors is very
difficult
 Aggressive solicitors
 Adults--34%
 Other Minors--48%
 Unknown--18%
Online Solicitation
• 1 out of 5 are sexually solicited via the internet.
• 1 out of 25 children are aggressively sexually
solicited via the internet. (sent gifts, meeting
arranged, or travel to watch or observe the
child)
PROFILE OF A PEDOPHILE
(Preferential - Situational )
•Typically: White Male, Age? (15-65+)
•Multiple victims, persistent, predictable
•Above average intelligence
•Middle class or higher socioeconomic status
•Socially competent (At least with children)
•Know how to use computer/technology
9% of people addicted to the Internet
have a sex addiction or gambling
addiction
THE APPEAL OF COMPUTER USE TO
OFFENDERS
TOOL THAT FACILITATES THEIR INTEREST IN KIDS
PROVIDES THE OFFENDER WITH:
• PRIVACY
• ANONYMITY
• INSTANT GRATIFICATION
• EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO
MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
• SECURITY
• PRIOR TO THE INTERNET HAD TO BE CLOSE
TO KIDS TO ACTIVELY INTERACT WITH THEM
AS PARENTS WE TRUST
AND OUR KIDS TRUST
Family members in a position of
authority and members of the
community that historically have
had child nourishing roles
Monsters Don’t Get Close to
Children, Nice Men Do...
Social Networks
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MySpace.com
Facebook.com
Bebo.com
Second Life
MySpace.com
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205 million profiles
17% of profiles are age 18-24
50% of profiles are age 35 and over
Launched in September 2003.
900 Million in advertising ANNUALLY!
Worth 15 Billion Dollars!
MySpace.com
Who is using MySpace
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Individuals
Bands and Musicians
Businesses & Marketers
Films and Film Industry
Comedians
Clubs and Organizations (churches, gangs)
Cops (to solve crime and recruit)
Who is using MySpace
• An Estimated:
• 29,000 registered sex offenders
Profile Examples
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More Profiles
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On the evening of February 1, 2002, Brenda Van Dam and a couple of her
friends went out to a bar. Her husband, Damon Van Dam, stayed behind to
look after Danielle and her two brothers. Damon put Danielle to bed around
10:30 p.m., and she fell asleep. Damon also slept, until his wife returned
around 2:00 a.m. The next morning, Danielle was missing. The couple
frantically searched their home for her, but never found her. They called the
police at 9:39 a.m.
DAVID WESTERFIELD CONVICTED OF MURDER
• Victim 7 year old Danielle Van Dam
•Taken from bedroom during the night
•Defendant 50 year old engineer and
neighbor to victim
•Girl’s blood and fingerprints linked to
defendant motor home and clothes
•640,000 images of pornography and child
pornography on the defendant’s home
computer - had a sophisticated file system
for images
•Girl’s remains discovered in a wooded
area adjacent to a highway approximately
1 month after her disappearance
•Defendant was new in the neighborhood
and a casual acquaintance of the mother
(alleged swinger lifestyle of the parents will
be called in question)
OPERATION AVALANCHE
Dallas ICAC Task Force
Tom and Janice Reedy
Child Porn Webmasters
Living in Ft. Worth, Texas
250,000 subscribers porn subscribers
Grossing 1.4 million dollars per month
Selling international access to
child pornography.
100 of the worst subscribers arrested
Multi-agency task force continues
to investigates 1000s of leads
Arrested were policemen, firemen,
counselors, and clergy to name a few.
Tom-guilty-life sentence
Janice-guilty-14 years
OPERATION AVALANCE SAMPLING
OFFENDER PROFILES
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ENGINEER, GM RADIOS
STATION, COMPUTER
TECHNICIANS, NURSE, NANNY,
ANTI-CHILD PORN ACTIVIST,
USAF CAPTAIN, LAW STUDENT,
YOUTH ATHLETIC DIRECTOR,
TEACHER, HS STUDENT,
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT,
PSYCHOLOGIST, ATTORNEY,
DIRECTOR OF A BOYS CLUB,
HOSPITAL WORKER,
PRIEST, REAL ESTATE
PHOTOGRAPHER, BOY SCOUT
SALESMAN, COURT OFFICER,
TROOP LEADER, CHRISTIAN
UNITED WAY WORKER, POLICE
RADIO REPORTER, X-RAY
CAPTAIN, FIREFIGHTERS.
TECHNICIAN, AIDS ACTIVIST,
FOOD SERVICE OPERATOR,
PUBLISHER, SALESMAN, AUTO
PARTS CLERK, INSURANCE
AGENT, 7TH GRADE TEACHER,
APT. BUILDING MANAGER,
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VIP POLITICAL PARTY (YOUTH
VOLUNTEER) CONSTRUCTION
WORKER, ATT OPERATOR,
HOTEL COMPUTER
OPERATOR, MENTAL HEALTH
WORKER, SUP. NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT, POSTAL
EMPLOYEE, YOUTH
COUNSELOR, YOUTH CAMP
DIRECTOR, SEWER WORKER,
PIPE FITTER, MECHANICAL
MINISTER, WINE PURCHASER,
INSPECTOR, EXECUTIVES, BAR
TRUCK DRIVER, GAS STATION
OWNER,
SEX
OFFENDER
ATTENDANT,
UNEMPLOYED
DISABLED PERSONS.
COUNSELOR
, FLOWER
DISTRIBUTOR, FIREWORKS
SALESMAN, CAPTAIN
VOLUNTEER FIREMAN, ETC.
ETC.
4/25/02
Sioux Falls Man Charged
With Child Pornography
Possession
HURON MAN SENTENCED
March 8, 2002
(Sioux Falls-AP) -- A Huron man has been sentenced to 15
years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old Minnehaha
County girl he met over the Internet. Forty-two-year-old Robert
Wahl pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape as part of a
plea agreement. The plea kept Wahl from facing the maximum
sentence of 30 years. Wahl is also barred from owning or using
a computer with Internet access for 15 years after his release.
Prosecutors say that Wahl met the 15-year-old girl while in an
Internet chatroom last summer. He then went to her home on
two different occasions and bought her cigarettes in exchange
for sex. Wahl told the court he is sorry for what he did and that
he thought the girl was 17 instead of 15.
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03/07/2007
FORMER SIOUX FALLS TEACHER SENTENCED
OVER THE YEARS, HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH HUNDREDS OF SIOUX FALLS STUDENTS.
BUT A FORMER SHOP TEACHER ALSO ADMITS HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY.
NOW STEVEN M. SMITH IS HEADED TO FEDERAL PRISON.
STEVEN SMITH STOOD UP IN COURT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND TEARFULLY
APOLOGIZED TO HIS FAMILY, HIS CHILDREN, AND HIS STUDENTS. DESPITE THAT THE
JUDGE AND PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS FELT THAT BECAUSE HE LOOKED AT OVER 15
THOUSAND IMAGES, INCLUDING PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES INVOLVING INFANTS, SMITH
DESERVED A LENGTHY SENTENCE.
STEVEN SMITH ONLY PLEADED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORN. BUT
ONE MONTH LAST YEAR, COURT RECORDS STATE SMITH ACCESSED 15,500 IMAGES. HE
ADMITS HE SPENT MORE THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SUBSCRIPTIONS TO ILLEGAL
WEBSITES AND SPENT AT LEAST AN HOUR A DAY VIEWING THE MATERIAL.
“HERE'S A PERSON THAT HAD NO PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY STILL INVOLVED WITH
SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS THIS,” SAYS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY JEFFREY CLAPPER.
CLAPPER SAYS PEOPLE LIKE SMITH ARE THE REASON CHILDREN ARE BEING VICTIMIZED
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. HE SAYS, “PEOPLE JUST DON'T LOOK AT THE IMAGES THEY'RE
CREATING A MARKET TO VICTIMIZE CHILDREN AND THOSE CHILDREN ARE BEING
SEXUALLY ABUSED.”
CLAPPER SAYS, “I THINK IT SHOULD CAUSE MORE CONCERN FOR THE CITIZENS OF SIOUX
FALLS AND SOUTH DAKOTA TO LET THEM KNOW THAT EVEN A TEACHER RIGHT HERE IN
THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA AND BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING AS HEINOUS AS THIS.”
Child Victims
• Children are “perfect victims”
•They are often too trusting
•They often desire attention and affection (If
they are not getting this at home, they will get
it elsewhere)
•They are often curious about sex
•They are often not viewed as credible witnesses
File Sharing Programs
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Kazaa
Morpheus
Lime Wire
Bear Share
WinAmp
QTraxMax
mIRC
Phex
Technology is NO Substitute
The majority of parental control
products can be defeated.
#1 Rule
GET INVOLVED: Supervise your
children when they're online, just as
you do during other activities.
Software, the government,
standards organizations-none can
replace Mom or Dad as co-pilot.
Safety Tips
• Get to know the services your child uses
• Educate yourself
• Establish rules of Internet use
• Talk with your children about dangers online
• Make computing a family activity
• Monitor, monitor, monitor
Tell children to report to you any
threatening messages they receive, and
bring it to the attention of your ISP
and your local or state police
department if it is serious.
Reporting Suspected Child
Exploitation
If you know of a child that is in immediate
danger, contact your local law enforcement
right away to report the incident!
Reporting to the National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children
Exploited Child Unit
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Special Agent Troy Boone
South Dakota DCI
Troy.Boone@state.sd.us
www.sdcybersafe.com