Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, speaking after a joint United States and European Union (EU) ministerial meeting on yesterday, highlighted ‘Operation Joint Hammer’ - the US component of an ongoing global enforcement operation targeting transnational rings of child pornographers.
The operation already has led to the arrest of over 60 people in US involved in the trade of child pornography; a number that the Attorney General remarked was likely to increase.
Up to now, 11 child victims have been identified through Operation Joint Hammer.
Attorney General Mukasey said, “It should come as news to no one that crimes against children have been an area of special focus for the Department of Justice, and an area of great success.”