NCJ Number
58293
Date Published
1978
Length
6 pages
Annotation
TWO PARTICIPANTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE WORKSHOP DISCUSS ORGANIZED CRIME'S CONTROL OF THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY, AND THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN.
Abstract
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME AND CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE BRANCH OF CALIFORNIA'S LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TRACES THE INFILTRATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME INTO THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBES HOW THE MAFIA USES A MAZE OF CORPORATE PAPERWORK TO CONCEAL ITS CONTROL OF THE PORNOGRAPHY TRADE, AND SUGGESTS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH PORNOGRAPHY IS NOT TO ATTACK PORNOGRAPHY PER SE BUT TO USE ANTITRUST AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY LAWS AND OTHER TOOLS TO WEAKEN ORGANIZED CRIME'S CONTROL OF THE INDUSTRY. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT, WHILE EACH CITY MUST DEAL WITH PORNOGRAPHY IN ITS OWN WAY, THE MONITORING OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE INDUSTRY MUST BE DONE ON A LARGER SCALE, AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL. AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE JUVENILE DIVISION OF THE LOS ANGELES, CALIF., POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTES THE VARIOUS FORMS THAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS CAN TAKE (E.G., RECRUITMENT OF RUNAWAYS AS PROSTITUTES, USE OF CHILDREN IN PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS AND MAGAZINES, USE OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIALS BY ADULTS TO PERSUADE CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN SEXUAL ACTS, AND THE TAKING OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN FOR FINANCIAL GAIN AND/OR THE PERSONAL GRATIFICATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER). THE NEED FOR FEDERAL REGULATORY ACTION TO PROHIBIT INTERSTATE TRANSPORT OF YOUNG MALES FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES IS POINTED OUT, AS IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IS A PROBLEM OF CONSIDERABLE PROPORTION IN CALIFORNIA AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION. (LKM)