The Social World Podcast: John Pizzuro, CEO RAVEN. Online Child Exploitation Expert

John Pizzuro, CEO RAVEN. Online Child Exploitation expert, RAVEN is a 501(c)4 non-profit lobbying firm comprised of subject matter experts and retired law enforcement focused on legislative and policy solutions for child trafficking and child exploitation.

John works with lawmakers, advocates, agencies, and organisations who are willing to challenge the status quo and fight to protect our most vulnerable citizens while advocating for more resources and support for those who fight for children. John has been called on as a subject matter expert to testify in both the US Senate and US Congress. John is routinely consulted on cyber related issues on child exploitation, Trafficking and Artificial Intelligence. Raven is currently involved in separate pieces of legislation and policy and fighting to get more protective Bills passed in Congress.

Online child sexual exploitation refers to the use of the Internet as a method to facilitate the sexual abuse of children. It includes a wide range of behaviors and situations that can take place directly online or through a combination of offline and online interactions.

Most commonly this includes grooming, live streaming, producing and trading child sexual exploitation material, and coercing and blackmailing children for sexual purposes.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ravenassociation/

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Prior to Raven that John spent 25 years in the New Jersey State Police conducting, managing and leading investigations in Terrorism, Organized Crime, Narcotics, Trafficking, Child Exploitation, and Corruption. John spent his last six years as The Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Commander where he led a team of 200 including 71 Law Enforcement Agencies. John has created a framework for other countries to investigate Child Exploitation through the International Center of Missing & Exploited Children and consulted with governments and organizations on child exploitation and how to protect children.