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Communicating with others online or via cellphone has become a way of life. It’s not just how we talk to each other, it’s how we exchange photos and videos we care about. And if it’s good for a good guy, it’s even better for a criminal. Clandestine online networks (CONs) have become the prime venue for reaching out to terrorize someone – or a lot of someones. Groups like 764 and CVLT are not that different from street gangs.

Members work together to target vulnerable youth, desensitizing them with images of sex, gore, and bestiality. The goal is to manipulate their victims into producing sexually explicit or other images that can then be used to threaten them into committing increasingly more dangerous or illegal acts. Animal crushing CONs target vulnerable animals that are systematically tortured to death and the images then distributed widely on the internet. Many of the perpetrators of animal violence also consume and share child pornography or participate in terroristic groups.

This seminar will provide a high-level overview of how terror, torture, and child porn networks connect to one another and how infiltration and investigation of these networks is currently being done. Tips and techniques for local departments will be discussed.

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