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Article: Illegal Child Pornography Becoming One of the Fastest Growing Internet Businesses - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is Working With Law Enforcement to Combat This Crime.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- August 18, 2005
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- According to experts, child pornography has become a multi-billion dollar commercial enterprise, and is among the fastest growing businesses on the Internet.(1) The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), a nonprofit dedicated to the welfare of children, is working with law enforcement and others to combat the production, distribution and possession of child pornography. Through the use of digital and web cameras, child pornography has become easier and less expensive to produce. Distribution on the Internet has facilitated instant access by thousands and possibly millions of individuals throughout the world. The ability to use credit ...