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‘Disheartening’: US Justice Department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking (www.theguardian.com)

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Prosecutors say cuts to funding and training limits their ability to bring child predators to justice

The US Department of Justice has slashed funding and training resources for law enforcement working on investigations and prosecutions of sex crimes against children under the Trump administration, which limits their ability to carry out this work.

Major cuts include the cancelation of 2025 National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation, due to be held in Washington DC in June. The conference is an annual event that provides technical training to prosecutors, state and federal law enforcement officers on investigating online crimes against children.

The sweeping cuts, enacted soon after Donald Trump began his second term as US president, are putting vulnerable children at risk and impeding efforts to bring child predators to justice, according to four prosecutors and law enforcement officers specializing in cases of child sexual exploitation, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fox News viewers will never see this

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And if they do, they'll say its fake news. You could show them the evidence from official DOJ sources and they'll still say its fake news.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

And if you do ever make it through their thick skull and get them to acknowledge it, they will have forgotten about it entirely (or forgotten to pretend to care) by the next day.

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

They will never see this. And if they do, it's fake news. And if it isn't, it's not a big deal. And if it is, it's your fault. Or however it goes...

Just standard narcissist shit. Also syncs well with nothing being a problem until they are personally affected, and then it's all "how dare people have let this happen to me?!"... 🙄