{"id":14827,"date":"2020-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/sanitize-csam-report-court-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:18:31","slug":"sanitize-csam-report-court-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/sanitize-csam-report-court-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare a Sanitized CSAM Report (UPDATED August 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #038d9f;\"><em>Learn how to easily remove CSAM images and other properties from view<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the most important factors in a child exploitation investigation, is having the ability to show a report to a colleague, co-worker, prosecutor, or present to present your findings in court without re-victimizing the subject of the photo, or shocking the sense of the viewer of the report. Having a professional report that still reflects the properties that need to be presented is essential to your case.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are many properties that are presented to the user that not only tell the story but also assist the investigator or examiner as they put the case together to share details from a forensic perspective. Not all properties need to be shown in a finished forensic report, and certainly not the inappropriate exploitation images, however the report still has to be complete and ready and supportive of the testimony you may have to provide in court.<\/p>\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><source src=\"https:\/\/4330725.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4330725\/Sanitize%20an%20ADF%20Digital%20Forensic%20Report.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/p>\n<p>To make a report more palatable, or to sanitize it, investigators must remove images to not only<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 167px; float: right; margin: 4px 6px 2px 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-to-Prepare-a-Sanitized-CSAM-Report.jpg\" alt=\"How to Prepare a Sanitized CSAM Report\" width=\"167\" \/> appeal to prurient interests but also those that are patently offensive. To sanitize a report, <em>\u201cto make clean and hygienic, disinfect\u201d, <\/em>investigators must remove all images. With all of the ADF digital forensic products, this process starts within the analysis portion of our tools, while you are reviewing your scan results.<\/p>\n<p>A clean workspace is essential in any job or location, even in your examination tools. With a few mouse clicks as you progress through your case, you can not only clean up your table view, you can also sanitize the report as you continue your examination.<\/p>\n<p>When you are done with the examination and it comes time to prepare your report, with a few clicks, you will have a clean, accurate, and professional looking report. Cases involving <a href=\"\/news\/what-is-csam\" rel=\" noopener\">CSAM<\/a> and <a href=\"\/news\/what-is-cem-child-exploitation-material\" rel=\" noopener\">CEM<\/a> can be very emotionally charged so let the facts of the case speak instead of the content subject matter.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"optech-default-btn btn-style cta_button\" href=\"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/icac\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-text=\"Learn More: Solving Crimes Against Children\"><span class=\"btn-wraper\">Learn More: Solving Crimes Against Children<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might also like to learn how to <a href=\"\/news\/adding-project-vic-hashes\" rel=\" noopener\"><strong>add Project VIC hashes to a Search Profile<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to easily remove CSAM images and other properties from view One of the most important factors in a child exploitation investigation, is having the ability to show a report to a colleague, co-worker, prosecutor, or present to present your findings in court without re-victimizing the subject of the photo, or shocking the sense&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63,283],"tags":[128,129,69,73,136,36,74,33,99,130,141,35,110,142,138,143,102],"class_list":["post-14827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-video","tag-child-exploitation","tag-crimes-against-children","tag-csam","tag-dei-pro","tag-dei-pro-field-tablet","tag-digital-evidence","tag-digital-evidence-investigator","tag-digital-forensics","tag-how-to-video","tag-human-trafficking","tag-knowledge-base-video","tag-mobile-device-investigator","tag-photo-forensics","tag-triage-g2","tag-triage-g2-pro","tag-triage-investigator","tag-triage-investigator-pro","optech-blog blog-single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Prepare a Sanitized CSAM Report (UPDATED August 2022) - ADF Solutions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/sanitize-csam-report-court-prosecutors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Prepare a Sanitized CSAM Report (UPDATED August 2022) - ADF Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to easily remove CSAM images and other properties from view One of the most important factors in a child exploitation investigation, is having the ability to show a report to a colleague, co-worker, prosecutor, or present to present your findings in court without re-victimizing the subject of the photo, or shocking the sense...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/sanitize-csam-report-court-prosecutors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ADF Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adfsolutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-20T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-11T14:18:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/adfsolutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/How-to-Prepare-a-Sanitized-CSAM-Report-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Richard T. 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