Get them off the internet and hopefully I can get to them before they get to another child." 300,000 Child Pornography Traffickers Identified Annually 
 
 In 2008, The ICAC Task Force network identified over 300,000 unique computers (as opposed to IP addresses) engaged in trafficking child pornography. Hundreds of Thousands of Victims, Using Extrapolation 
 
 UNH-NCMEC Study: The most well-known study on the link between child pornography possession and sexual assault is "Child Pornography Investigators Arrested in Internet-Related Crimes," conducted by the University of New Hampshire's Crimes Against Children Research Center for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. National Association to Protect Children Estimates: Although it appears likely that the percentage of child pornography offenders who also sexually abuse children directly is higher, National Association to Protect Children uses an estimate of "1 in 3" (33%), simply in the interest of being conservative. Child pornography investigations by federal law enforcement agencies are largely focused on "enterprise" investigations involving organized and commercial child exploitation, rather than wide-scale investigations that might reveal a larger picture of child pornography trafficking. He also points to research showing the U.S. is home to the most commercial child porn websites 
 
 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children says its Victim Identification Program, which aids law enforcement in efforts to locate and rescue child victims, has reviewed more than 158 million images and videos , since 1998.
– A group of elite warriors pulled off the battlefield by injury or illness has a new mission here in the US: helping law enforcement take down people who possess and produce child pornography. The HERO Corps (Human Exploitation Rescue Operative) trains veterans in computer forensics, CNN reports. Participants then work as computer forensic analysts, scanning the computers and external hard drives of child pornography suspects. "It's an opportunity for me to go after bad guys again," says former Army Ranger Sgt. Tom Block, who is among a recent class of 24 veterans who will undertake 11 weeks of training followed by 10 months of on-the-ground experience as part of a yearlong unpaid internship. Conceived in 2009 by nonprofit Protect (National Association to Protect Children), the HERO program partners with Homeland Security and the US Special Operations Command. Participants "are truly individuals who have lost their mission on the battlefield," Protect CEO J. Christian tells CNN. For them, the HERO Corps is an "opportunity step back into that role," says Christian, a former Army Ranger who fractured his spine during a mission in Afghanistan. The stats are troubling: Christian says the US leads the world in producing child pornography. In 2008, a study found, more than 300,000 individual computers were being used to traffic child pornography. And a study by the University of New Hampshire found that more than half of people who possess or trade child pornography are "hands-on offenders." That's why veterans like Block want to be HEROs. "Hopefully I can get to them before they get to another child," he says. Injured by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2013, Block wears a prosthetic eye that bears the shield of Captain America. "He doesn't like bullies," Block says of the super hero. "And neither do I."