One survivor’s rescue became a blueprint for protecting children nationwide.
Alicia’s Law creates dedicated state-level support for Internet Crimes Against Children task forces. This helps investigators secure the people, training, technology, and time needed to find victims and hold offenders accountable.
My rescue was a miracle.
A child’s safety should never depend on one.
At 13, I was groomed by an online predator, abducted from my home, and held captive while the abuse was livestreamed. A viewer of the livestream recognized me from my missing-person poster and reported it. The FBI followed the tip, found me, and rescued me.
In 2002, the national ICAC program was only four years old, and law enforcement’s response to internet crimes against children was still in its infancy. The internet was evolving faster than the systems built to protect children from it.
My rescue depended on a chain of events that could easily have broken. It was a miracle. It should never take a miracle.
Children’s lives and safety should not be left to chance or limited by budgetary constraints. Investigators need reliable staffing, specialized training, forensic technology, and the time to follow every urgent lead when every hour matters.
That is why I advocate for Alicia’s Law. As its namesake, I work with legislators, law enforcement, and communities to build lasting state support for the teams confronting technology-facilitated crimes against children every day.
Alicia’s Law turns yearly budget fights into permanent capacity.
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Communication
Elevating public understanding of digital threats through news media, storytelling, and advocacy that bring clarity to complex issues and inspire meaningful change.
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Education
Delivering presentations and trainings for schools, organizations, law enforcement agencies, and professional audiences on recognizing, preventing, and responding to online harm and exploitation.
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Legislation
Championing Alicia’s Law and advancing stronger protections, resources, and funding for the task forces working to protect children online.
The Impact of Alicia’s Law
These are nationwide ICAC program totals reported by the U.S. Department of Justice. They show the scale of the work, but they are not outcomes attributed solely to Alicia’s Law.
61
ICAC task forces nationwide
6,200+
partner law-enforcement and prosecutorial agencies
347k
investigations conducted in 2025
17k
offender arrests in 2025
13 States. One Promise.
Alicia’s Law is not a one-size-fits-all bill. Each state builds a durable solution for its own ICAC work while sharing the same goal: give investigators the capacity to protect children.
FAQ
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Alicia Kozakiewicz works to secure the passage of her namesake, Alicia's Law, in all 50 states. Due to a lack of dedicated federal resources, less than two percent of known child exploitation cases are being investigated. Alicia's Law provides a dedicated steady stream of state-specific funding to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.
By creating a new revenue stream, Alicia's Law builds permanent capacity for child rescue teams, revenue that will not fall victim to yearly fights over or cuts to the general budget. Alicia's Law focuses on securing state funding for the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces, a network of 61 task forces that makes up the backbone of U.S. capacity to fight child exploitation.
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After becoming the victim of an Internet luring and abduction, and following a miraculous rescue by the FBI, Alicia created The Alicia Project, a platform for Internet safety and awareness education.
Her mission: Promote Internet safety and child safety awareness education, advocate for missing and recovered persons, battle against child sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
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Alicia speaks to, advises, and consults with a variety of audiences who are invested in protecting children from internet crimes, including law enforcement, schools, legislatures, news outlets, and nonprofits.