10-My First Case- Project Capotillo

Trigger Warning!-The following podcast contains details of disturbing sexual abuse of children, listener discretion is advised.
Tyler details on this podcast the first human trafficking/CSAM case that he ever worked. It occurred in the Dominican Republic where a mother was selling her two daughters on a Facebook group and receiving payment in Crypto Currency.
The podcast goes into detail of what Tyler had to do to get the children quality aftercare and how bunny rabbits were the thing that provided a way for the survivors to one day leave a life of poverty and create something self sustaining and healing.
CSAM has become a growing crime in the world only made worse by the advancement of technology and the global pandemic.
Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) vs. child pornography

Sometimes CSAM is referred to as child pornography. However, the term “child pornography” should be avoided for the following reasons:

1. The term child pornography fails to describe the true nature of the material and undermines the seriousness of the abuse from the child’s perspective.
2. Pornography is a term primarily used to describe material depicting adults engaged in consensual sexual acts distributed for the purposes of sexual pleasure. Using this term in the context of children risks normalizing, trivializing and even legitimizing the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.
3. Child pornography implies consent, and a child cannot legally give consent.

The term child pornography is still used in legislation in some countries. For this reason, CSAM is sometimes referred to as child pornography for legal purposes. In non-legal contexts, such as in media publications, the term Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) should be used
Who are the victims?

According to a study from ECPAT:

• 56.2% of cases depicted were prepubescent children.
• 25.4% were pubescent children.
• 4.3% were very young children (infants and toddlers).
• 14.1% of cases featured children in multiple age categories.
• The younger the victim, the more severe the abuse was likely to be.
• 84.2% of videos and images contained severe abuse.

The US Now Hosts More Child Sexual Abuse Material than any Other Country

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