Angel Watch Center
The AWC is an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators traveling overseas for the purpose of sexually abusing or exploiting minors, a crime known as "child sex tourism".
The Angel Watch Center (AWC) within DHS's Cyber Crimes Center (C3) proactively identifies U.S. persons traveling abroad who have been convicted of sexual crimes against children. By using travel related information and publicly available state sex offender registries, the AWC notifies destination countries of these individuals' pending arrivals to help prevent potential child sex tourism and other forms of exploitation.