Opening statements by Senators Roth and Spector outline the pernicious nature of child pornography, discuss the purposes such materials serve for the pedophile, and comment on the expansion of both child pornography and child molestation. The Commissioner of the US. Customs Service discusses increased efforts at preventing and prosecuting illegal importation of pornographic materials, including the use of blitzes at mail facilities, improved methods for identifying source countries, and the use of controlled mail deliveries in investigation. Additional testimony outlines the need for international cooperation and preliminary interactions with the Danish and Dutch Governments to tighten controls on the exportation of child pornography. A representative from Defense for Children International describes interventions with victims of child trafficking, pornography, prostitution, and pedophiles. Investigative efforts being carried out by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service also are delineated. Additional testimony and discussion focuses on problems in defining obscenity, techniques used by pedophiles, formal and informal child pornography distribution networks, and descriptions of the materials currently available. For Part 2 of these hearings, see NCJ 98674.