Call the Columbus Division of Police - Exploited Children Unit, at 645-4670

Report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber-tip line

Child Exploitation includes the following:

• Possession,manufacture, and distribution of child pornography - Child pornography has been defined under federal statute as a visual depiction of a minor (child younger than 18) engaged in sexually explicit conduct. This industry is far from a harmless phenomenon.  Many publications catering to this market are directly linked to child-prostitution rings and provide users with names of available youths or sex-tour operations. 
  
• Online enticement of children for sexual acts - People often send messages on the Internet without revealing their identity. Adults, some of whom may actually pose as teenagers, may want -- through online contact -- to meet a child for sexual purposes. Use of the Internet to entice, invite, or persuade a child to meet for sexual acts, or to help arrange such a meeting, is a serious offense
  
• Child prostitution - Many children are sexually exploited by adults who encourage or force them to prostitute themselves. Some of these adults are "pimps" who demand that the children give their earnings to them. Some may play other roles in aiding the child to provide sex for money, including transporting the child from one state to another with the intention that the child work as a prostitute. These are all serious crimes. 
  
• Child Sex Tourism - Sex tourism or, more specifically, traveling to a foreign country in search of sex, has become a well-developed component of the commercial-sexual exploitation of children. Glossy brochures as well as web sites on the Internet advertise packages for travelers complete with air fare, hotel, and directions to local brothels. The sex-tourism industry is most prevalent in Asia, where approximately 1 million children are prostitutes.  This epidemic, however,   is spreading to other poverty-ridden areas of the world such as Latin America and Eastern Europe. A heightened awareness of this heinous violation of children’s rights will help curb this growing problem.
  
• Child Sexual Molestation (not in the family) - Child sexual exploitation (not in the family), also known as extra-familial child sexual abuse, includes all sexual exploitation of a child by someone other than a family member. These cases most frequently occur when a child is in the care of someone they know and trust such as a neighbor, care provider, or  friend’s parent
  

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