The FBI's Sacramento office issued a report last month warning that Mattel's Barbie Video Girl could be used to produce child pornography. The doll has a video camera lens built into its necklace that can record up to 30 minutes of footage to be downloaded on a computer.

The FBI expressed concern that the toy’s camera could be used to lure children and surreptitiously film child pornography as Barbie and other dolls have been used in the past by sexual predators to attract victims. There have been no recorded incidents of the doll’s being used for criminal activity.

A sheriff’s spokesman told ABC News that the FBI alert will be helpful for drawing attention to investigators collecting evidence at a crime scene.

“When we’re doing a search warrant looking for media that a child pornographer may have used, we’re gonna have to put Barbie on the list just like any other cameras [and] computers,” said Sgt. John Urquhart from the King County Sheriff’s Department in Washington state.

Sources: NPR, Wired