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The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Social media users, however, are claiming the nation’s primary law enforcement agency is de-emphasizing efforts to combat international child sex trafficking because it removed a subsection in its website titled “ International Sex Trafficking of Minors." “Child sex trafficking” remains one of the “subject areas” highlighted on the webpage for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity unit, but it no longer distinguishes between “international” and “domestic” offenses. In an emailed statement, the DOJ said it continues to place a “very high priority on and devote substantial resources” to fighting child exploitation and sex trafficking abroad and at home. The agency cited several recent prosecutions involving international child sex trafficking found in press releases for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity unit.
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