Editing Operation Predator (section)

==National Child Victim Identification System==

The [[National Child Victim Identification System]] is a massively inter-agency system run by Operation Predator in conjunction with the [[FBI]], the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Inspection Service]], the [[U.S. Secret Service]], the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]], and the [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]].

This system aims to provide federal and state agencies with a central database of [[child pornography]] to aid prosecution, and to positively identify children in child pornography.

The National Child Victim Identification System has been used to convict criminals by proving that the pornographic images the defendants possess are of real children, and not morphed or virtual.<ref name="ConserPaynich2011">{{cite book|last1=Conser|first1=James A.|last2=Paynich|first2=Rebecca|last3=Gingerich|first3=Terry|title=Law Enforcement in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CHmSzuwyXtkC&pg=PA320|date=October 21, 2011|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-0-7637-9938-0|pages=320–}}</ref>