U.S. Asks Help To Fight Crime On The Internet

The Clinton administration is seeking cooperation from foreign law enforcers to fight pornography on the Internet and other high-tech crime.

Attorney General Janet Reno announced a two-day conference of international authorities next week to devise interagency measures to locate criminals who use the Internet and other new technologies. The aim would be to ensure that cybercriminals can find no safe havens.

“One of the greatest challenges we face in this area of law enforcement is to identify online predators … in child pornography,” Reno said Wednesday at a conference on making the Internet a safer place for merica’s children. “Current technology often allows these criminals to mask their location and their identity.

“The rapid and global growth of the Internet raises a host of complex issues involving criminal law enforcement that expand beyond national boundaries.”

The Justice Department said next week’s meeting, the first of its kind, begins Wednesday with justice and interior ministers from Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, France and Russia attending.

“When we meet, we will be talking about methods to locate and identify computer criminals so we can bring them to justice,” Reno said.

She said U.S. law enforcement that focuses on fighting child pornography and other crimes against children are making a difference.