Child Exploitation and Trafficking

Virginia M. Kendall is a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Before being elevated to the federal bench, Judge Kendall served as a deputy chief in the United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago, where for more than ten years she served as the child exploitation coordinator. She travels extensively both domestically and internationally teaching judges and lawyers about crimes against women and children, and is an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern University School of Law and Loyola University School of Law. T. Markus Funk served as a federal prosecutor in Chicago for more than ten years, and spent two years in Kosovo as the USDOJ Resident Legal Advisor. He has taught law at, among other places, Oxford University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and the USDOJ National Advocacy Center; was awarded USDOJ and the State Department’s highest service awards; and is the author of three books and dozens of criminal law–related articles and book chapters. His legal work is featured in outlets such as CNBC, CNN, the Economist, the Los Angeles Times, the National Law Journal, National Geographic Channel, MSNBC, and the Wall Street Journal.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
SURVEYING THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
THE BROAD DESCRIPTIVE CHALLENGE
APPRECIATING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROBLEM AND ITS ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES
SYNCHRONIZED ABUSE: THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS ON CHILD TRAFFICKING AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
PUBLIC CORRUPTION AS THE SILENT PARTNER TO CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
FEDERAL STATUTES TARGETING CHILD EXPLOITATION
FINDING THE WORLD'S VOICE: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS TARGETING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES
THE SYNDICATE AND THE SCHOLAR: EXAMINING THE ANATOMY OF THE PROSECUTION OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PEDIATRICIAN DR. H. MARC WATZMAN
THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS
VICTIM WITNESS PROTECTION IN CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES
THE DIFFICULT DEFENSE: SURVEYING THE MOST COMMON ISSUES WHEN REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF CHILD EXPLOITATION
OVERVIEW OF SELECTED TRIAL ISSUES
SENTENCING CONSIDERATIONS IN SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CASES – DOES ANYTHING WORK?
CONCLUSION
INDEX
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (1989) PREAMBLE
APPENDIX 2
APPENDIX 3 U.S.-THAILAND MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY
APPENDIX 4 SAMPLE LETTER ROGATORY
APPENDIX 5 1992 INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS