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DOJ Releases FBI Audit Report, "Efforts to Combat Crimes Against Children |
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Backlogs at FBI cybercrime labs are impeding hundreds of investigations into online child exploitation and child pornography. The report shows the FBI forensic units to be overwhelmed, despite efforts to process requests as quickly as possible.
The reports found that the average completion time for forensic work to be fifty-nine days, though a wait of "3 to 9 months" were also reported.
The FBI investigates child exploitation through its Innocent Images National Initiative. CNN reported that FBI Executive Assistant stated, "The pervasiveness of the Internet has resulted in the dramatic growth of online sexual exploitation of children, resulting in a 2,000 percent increase in the number of cases opened since 1996."
The report was released this month by the Justice Department's Inspector General. Also reviewed in the report is the FBI response to child/familial abductions and prostituted children.
(Source: CNN)
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