Mary
August 26th, 2008, 4:18 pm
KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE
Protecting the 'Most Vulnerable Among Us' 08/22/08
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The exploitation of children has unfortunately become a “growth industry,” according to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, but the Bureau is “working every day to find and stop those who prey on our children.”
Speaking recently at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Crimes Against Children Conference, Mueller noted how pervasive these crimes have become. “In just the past decade, we have moved from lone predators with limited reach to global communities of pedophiles on the Internet,” he said. “We have moved from back-alley bookstores to criminal enterprises that treat children as merely another commodity for sale in the global marketplace. We have moved from videos in plain brown packages to encrypted websites, flash drives, and cell phones capable of storing thousands of images.”
How big is the problem? A recent five-day sweep (http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june08/innocence_lost062508.html) of 16 cities conducted through our Innocence Lost program, which identifies and disrupts child prostitution rings, resulted in the arrests of 389 people and the recovery of 21 children.
more,,, (http://www.fbi.gov/page2/august08/cac_082208.html)
Protecting the 'Most Vulnerable Among Us' 08/22/08
http://www.fbi.gov/headlines/storypic_082208.JPG
The exploitation of children has unfortunately become a “growth industry,” according to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, but the Bureau is “working every day to find and stop those who prey on our children.”
Speaking recently at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center Crimes Against Children Conference, Mueller noted how pervasive these crimes have become. “In just the past decade, we have moved from lone predators with limited reach to global communities of pedophiles on the Internet,” he said. “We have moved from back-alley bookstores to criminal enterprises that treat children as merely another commodity for sale in the global marketplace. We have moved from videos in plain brown packages to encrypted websites, flash drives, and cell phones capable of storing thousands of images.”
How big is the problem? A recent five-day sweep (http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june08/innocence_lost062508.html) of 16 cities conducted through our Innocence Lost program, which identifies and disrupts child prostitution rings, resulted in the arrests of 389 people and the recovery of 21 children.
more,,, (http://www.fbi.gov/page2/august08/cac_082208.html)