TheObscenity Prosecution Task Force (OPTF) was an organization created in 2005 by theUnited States Department of Justice. The OPTF's job was to investigate and prosecute producers and distributors ofhardcore pornography that meets thelegal tests forobscenity, as defined by theSupreme Court of the United States.[1][2] The group was led by U.S. Attorney Brent Ward.[3]
The task force was formed during thePresidency of George W. Bush to investigate hardcore pornography at the urging ofsocial conservative groups.[4][5] Notable cases were brought againstJoseph R. Francis'Mantra Films, Inc. (Girls Gone Wild), as well as producersIra Isaacs,John Stagliano, andMax Hardcore.[6]
Eric Holder,Barack Obama's appointee forUnited States Attorney General, dissolved the task force in spring 2011, leaving obscenity prosecutions to theUnited States Department of Justice Criminal Division'sChild Exploitation and Obscenity Section.[7]
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