Mark Lansbury

2026-01-24 13:07:17

#US justice department slashes funding to programs combating #child #SexTtrafficking

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

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.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

#ChildAbuse #paedophiles #SexualAbuse #dictator

‘Disheartening’: US justice department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking

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

^{Katie McQue (The Guardian)}