The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Thursday highlighting some disturbing realities about how the FBI handles cases of sexual abuse against children.
After conducting an extensive audit of the Bureau’s approach to these causes, the Inspector General concluded that “further improvements are needed to build upon the FBI’s recent changes to its crimes against children and human trafficking (CAC/HT) program to ensure it appropriately addresses child sexual abuse allegations,” according to a press release.
The OIG “flagged 42 incidents, 13 percent of the incidents we examined, for FBI headquarters review because we believed they may require immediate attention.” These included “(1) cases that lacked any recent investigative activity or case updates, logical investigative steps, or referrals to appropriate agencies, (2) leads…
