10 signs Your child is with a computer sex predator.prostitute, sexual offender, internet tracking

A message from the FBI

By Louis J. Freeh

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Tips to keep your child safe!

The FBI writes a note to all parents:

Dear Parent:

Our children are our Nation's most valuable asset. They represent the bright future of our country and hold our hopes for a better Nation. Our children are also the most vulnerable members of society. Protecting our children against the fear of crime and from becoming victims of crime must be a national priority.

Unfortunately the same advances in computer and telecommunication technology that allow our children to reach out to new sources of knowledge and cultural experiences are also leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and harm by computer-sex offenders.

I hope that this pamphlet helps you to begin to understand the complexities of on-line child exploitation. For further information, please contact your local FBI office or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.

Louis J. Freeh, Former Director

Signs your child may be at risk on line

Highlights

1.  Your child spends a lot of time on the net, especially at night.  Most children who fall prey to computer-sex-offenders spend a large amount of time on the net.  Parents are advised to monitor such use.

2.  Children on-line are at the greatest risk during the evening hours.  Most offenders work so they, too, are on line during evening hours. 

3.  You find pornography on your child's computer.  Sex offenders often supply their potential victims with pornography as a means of opening sexual discussions and for seduction.

Child pornography may be used to show the child sex between children and adults is "normal."

4.  Look for thumb drives and other internet storage media which is guarded by your child.  It may be an indication he is harboring pornographic images he does not want the rest of the family to see. 

5.  Be alert if your young one is getting telephone calls by older men whom you do not know.  Your child may be making phone calls long distance from the family home to numbers you don't recognize.  It is best to review your phone bill.  

6.  A sexual predator will use the computer to make initial contact.  Ultimately, he will likely want to speak to his new victim in person.  During those calls he may engage in phone sex.  After that comes a meeting.  

7.  The process of exchanging phone calls frequently begins with the sex offender giving the child his telephone number.  As soon as the child calls back the offender has your child's numbers.

8.  Sex offenders will go to great lengths to hide their activity.  Some have obtained a 1-800 number so the youth can call without an adult becoming aware.

9.  Be alert for mail and gifts from an unknown person.  The on-line predator may be trying to win your child's heart as he manipulates himself into your child's life. 

10.  Your child turns the computer off or quickly closes a window so you can't see what he or she was looking at, good tip your child is hiding something.

11.  A child that is in the process of victimization will often withdraw from the family and friends who can protect him.  Watch for withdrawal signs.  

12.  A sex offender may try to divide the family.  They will use any problem they can find to win the child over and to turn the child against his family.  If your child becomes hesitant to speak with you about his daily activities, or include you in his personal life, he may be subject to manipulation by a person with evil ends. 

13.  Watch for on-line accounts that belong to someone else.  This may be a gift by a sexual predator or a means of gaining trust.  

14.  Predators will sometimes provide an on-line account for their victims.  Once again, they are manipulating the child in their 'little secret' and keeping the communications from parental supervision. 

The FBI Pamphlet

Introduction 

While on-line computer exploration opens a world of possibilities for children, expanding their horizons and exposing them to different cultures and ways of life, they can be exposed to dangers as they hit the road exploring the information highway. There are individuals who attempt to sexually exploit children through the use of on-line services and the Internet. Some of these individuals gradually seduce their targets through the use of attention, affection, kindness, and even gifts. These individuals are often willing to devote considerable amounts of time, money, and energy in this process. They listen to and empathize with the problems of children. They will be aware of the latest music, hobbies, and interests of children. These individuals attempt to gradually lower children's inhibitions by slowly introducing sexual context and content into their conversations.

"Computer-sex offender can be any age or any sex the person does not have to fit the caricature of a dirty, unkempt, older man"

There are other individuals, however, who immediately engage in sexually explicit conversation with children. Some offenders primarily collect and trade child-pornographic images, while others seek face-to-face meetings with children via on-line contacts. It is important for parents to understand that children can be indirectly victimized through conversation, i.e. "chat," as well as the transfer of sexually explicit information and material. Computer-sex offenders may also be evaluating children they come in contact with on-line for future face-to-face contact and direct victimization. Parents and children should remember that a computer-sex offender can be any age or sex the person does not have to fit the caricature of a dirty, unkempt, older man wearing a raincoat to be someone who could harm a child.

Children, especially adolescents, are sometimes interested in and curious about sexuality and sexually explicit material. They may be moving away from the total control of parents and seeking to establish new relationships outside their family. Because they may be curious, children/adolescents sometimes use their on-line access to actively seek out such materials and individuals. Sex offenders targeting children will use and exploit these characteristics and needs. Some adolescent children may also be attracted to and lured by on-line offenders closer to their age who, although not technically child molesters, may be dangerous. Nevertheless, they have been seduced and manipulated by a clever offender and do not fully understand or recognize the potential danger of these contacts.

This guide was prepared from actual investigations involving child victims, as well as investigations where law enforcement officers posed as children. Further information on protecting your child on-line may be found in the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Child Safety on the Information Highway and Teen Safety on the Information Highway pamphlets.

What Are Signs That Your Child Might Be At Risk On-line?

Your child spends large amounts of time on-line, especially at night.

Most children that fall victim to computer-sex offenders spend large amounts of time on-line, particularly in chat rooms. They may go on-line after dinner and on the weekends. They may be latchkey kids whose parents have told them to stay at home after school. They go on-line to chat with friends, make new friends, pass time, and sometimes look for sexually explicit information. While much of the knowledge and experience gained may be valuable, parents should consider monitoring the amount of time spent on-line.

Children on-line are at the greatest risk during the evening hours. While offenders are on-line around the clock, most work during the day and spend their evenings on-line trying to locate and lure children or seeking pornography.

You find pornography on your child's computer.

Pornography is often used in the sexual victimization of children. Sex offenders often supply their potential victims with pornography as a means of opening sexual discussions and for seduction. Child pornography may be used to show the child victim that sex between children and adults is "normal." Parents should be conscious of the fact that a child may hide the pornographic files on diskettes from them. This may be especially true if the computer is used by other family members.

Your child receives phone calls from men you don't know or is making calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers you don't recognize.

While talking to a child victim on-line is a thrill for a computer-sex offender, it can be very cumbersome. Most want to talk to the children on the telephone. They often engage in "phone sex" with the children and often seek to set up an actual meeting for real sex.

While a child may be hesitant to give out his/her home phone number, the computer-sex offenders will give out theirs. With Caller ID, they can readily find out the child's phone number. Some computer-sex offenders have even obtained toll-free 800 numbers, so that their potential victims can call them without their parents finding out. Others will tell the child to call collect. Both of these methods result in the computer-sex offender being able to find out the child's phone number.

Your child receives mail, gifts, or packages from someone you don't know.

As part of the seduction process, it is common for offenders to send letters, photographs, and all manner of gifts to their potential victims. Computer-sex offenders have even sent plane tickets in order for the child to travel across the country to meet them.

Your child turns the computer monitor off or quickly changes the screen on the monitor when you come into the room.

A child looking at pornographic images or having sexually explicit conversations does not want you to see it on the screen.

Your child becomes withdrawn from the family.

Computer-sex offenders will work very hard at driving a wedge between a child and their family or at exploiting their relationship. They will accentuate any minor problems at home that the child might have. Children may also become withdrawn after sexual victimization.

Your child is using an on-line account belonging to someone else.

en if you don't subscribe to an on-line service or Internet service, your child may meet an offender while on-line at a friend's house or the library. Most computers come preloaded with on-line and/or Internet software. Computer-sex offenders will sometimes provide potential victims with a computer account for communications with them.

What Should You Do If You Suspect Your Child Is Communicating With A Sexual Predator On-line?

Consider talking openly with your child about your suspicions. Tell them about the dangers of computer-sex offenders.

Review what is on your child's computer. If you don't know how, ask a friend, coworker, relative, or other knowledgeable person. Pornography or any kind of sexual communication can be a warning sign.

Use the Caller ID service to determine who is calling your child. Most telephone companies that offer Caller ID also offer a service that allows you to block your number from appearing on someone else's Caller ID. Telephone companies also offer an additional service feature that rejects incoming calls that you block. This rejection feature prevents computer-sex offenders or anyone else from calling your home anonymously.

Devices can be purchased that show telephone numbers that have been dialed from your home phone. Additionally, the last number called from your home phone can be retrieved provided that the telephone is equipped with a redial feature. You will also need a telephone pager to complete this retrieval.

This is done using a numeric-display pager and another phone that is on the same line as the first phone with the redial feature. Using the two phones and the pager, a call is placed from the second phone to the pager. When the paging terminal beeps for you to enter a telephone number, you press the redial button on the first (or suspect) phone. The last number called from that phone will then be displayed on the pager.

Monitor your child's access to all types of live electronic communications (i.e., chat rooms, instant messages, Internet Relay Chat, etc.), and monitor your child's e-mail. Computer-sex offenders almost always meet potential victims via chat rooms. After meeting a child on-line, they will continue to communicate electronically often via e-mail.

Should any of the following situations arise in your household, via the Internet or on-line service, you should immediately contact your local or state law enforcement agency, the FBI, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:

Your child or anyone in the household has received child pornography;

Your child has been sexually solicited by someone who knows that your child is under 18 years of age;

Your child has received sexually explicit images from someone that knows your child is under the age of 18.

If one of these scenarios occurs, keep the computer turned off in order to preserve any evidence for future law enforcement use. Unless directed to do so by the law enforcement agency, you should not attempt to copy any of the images and/or text found on the computer.

 What Can You Do To Minimize The Chances Of An On-line Exploiter Victimizing Your Child?

Communicate, and talk to your child about sexual victimization and potential on-line danger.

Spend time with your children on-line. Have them teach you about their favorite on-line destinations.

Keep the computer in a common room in the house, not in your child's bedroom. It is much more difficult for a computer-sex offender to communicate with a child when the computer screen is visible to a parent or another member of the household.

"Utilize parental controls..."

Utilize parental controls provided by your service provider and/or blocking software. While electronic chat can be a great place for children to make new friends and discuss various topics of interest, it is also prowled by computer-sex offenders. Use of chat rooms, in particular, should be heavily monitored. While parents should utilize these mechanisms, they should not totally rely on them.

Always maintain access to your child's on-line account and randomly check his/her e-mail. Be aware that your child could be contacted through the U.S. Mail. Be up front with your child about your access and reasons why.

Teach your child the responsible use of the resources on-line. There is much more to the on-line experience than chat rooms.

Find out what computer safeguards are utilized by your child's school, the public library, and at the homes of your child's friends. These are all places, outside your normal supervision, where your child could encounter an on-line predator.

Understand, even if your child was a willing participant in any form of sexual exploitation, that he/she is not at fault and is the victim. The offender always bears the complete responsibility for his or her actions.

instruct your children:

to never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they met on- line;

to never upload (post) pictures of themselves onto the Internet or on-line service to people they do not personally know;

to never give out identifying information such as their name, home address, school name, or telephone number;

to never download pictures from an unknown source, as there is a good chance there could be sexually explicit images;

to never respond to messages or bulletin board postings that are suggestive, obscene, belligerent, or harassing;

that whatever they are told on-line may or may not be true.

Frequently Asked Questions: 

My child has received an e-mail advertising for a pornographic website, what should I do?

Generally, advertising for an adult, pornographic website that is sent to an e-mail address does not violate federal law or the current laws of most states. In some states it may be a violation of law if the sender knows the recipient is under the age of 18. Such advertising can be reported to your service provider and, if known, the service provider of the originator. It can also be reported to your state and federal legislators, so they can be made aware of the extent of the problem.

Is any service safer than the others?

Sex offenders have contacted children via most of the major on-line services and the Internet. The most important factors in keeping your child safe on-line are the utilization of appropriate blocking software and/or parental controls, along with open, honest discussions with your child, monitoring his/her on-line activity, and following the tips in this pamphlet.

Should I just forbid my child from going on-line?

There are dangers in every part of our society. By educating your children to these dangers and taking appropriate steps to protect them, they can benefit from the wealth of information now available on-line.

Helpful Definitions:

Internet - An immense, global network that connects computers via telephone lines and/or fiber networks to storehouses of electronic information. With only a computer, a modem, a telephone line and a service provider, people from all over the world can communicate and share information with little more than a few keystrokes.

Bulletin Board Systems (BBSs) - Electronic networks of computers that are connected by a central computer setup and operated by a system administrator or operator and are distinguishable from the Internet by their "dial-up" accessibility. BBS users link their individual computers to the central BBS computer by a modem which allows them to post messages, read messages left by others, trade information, or hold direct conversations. Access to a BBS can, and often is, privileged and limited to those users who have access privileges granted by the systems operator.

line Service (COS) - Examples of COSs are America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe and Microsoft Network, which provide access to their service for a fee. COSs generally offer limited access to the Internet as part of their total service package.\

Internet Service Provider (ISP) - Examples of ISPs are Erols, Concentric and Netcom. These services offer direct, full access to the Internet at a flat, monthly rate and often provide electronic-mail service for their customers. ISPs often provide space on their servers for their customers to maintain World Wide Web (WWW) sites. Not all ISPs are commercial enterprises. Educational, governmental and nonprofit organizations also provide Internet access to their members.

Public Chat Rooms - Created, maintained, listed and monitored by the COS and other public domain systems such as Internet Relay Chat. A number of customers can be in the public chat rooms at any given time, which are monitored for illegal activity and even appropriate language by systems operators (SYSOP). Some public chat rooms are monitored more frequently than others, depending on the COS and the type of chat room. Violators can be reported to the administrators of the system (at America On-line they are referred to as terms of service [TOS]) which can revoke user privileges. The public chat rooms usually cover a broad range of topics such as entertainment, sports, game rooms, children only, etc.

Electronic Mail (E-Mail) - A function of BBSs, COSs and ISPs which provides for the transmission of messages and files between computers over a communications network similar to mailing a letter via the postal service. E-mail is stored on a server, where it will remain until the addressee retrieves it. Anonymity can be maintained by the sender by predetermining what the receiver will see as the "from" address. Another way to conceal one's identity is to use an "anonymous remailer," which is a service that allows the user to send an e-mail message repackaged under the remailer's own header, stripping off the originator's name completely.

Chat - Real-time text conversation between users in a chat room with no expectation of privacy. All chat conversation is accessible by all individuals in the chat room while the conversation is taking place.

Instant Messages - Private, real-time text conversation between two users in a chat room.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) - Real-time text conversation similar to public and/or private chat rooms on COS.

Usenet (Newsgroups) - Like a giant, cork bulletin board where users post messages and information. Each posting is like an open letter and is capable of having attachments, such as graphic image files (GIFs). Anyone accessing the newsgroup can read the postings, take copies of posted items, or post responses. Each newsgroup can hold thousands of postings. Currently, there are over 29,000 public newsgroups and that number is growing daily. Newsgroups are both public and/or private. There is no listing of private newsgroups. A user of private newsgroups has to be invited into the newsgroup and be provided with the newsgroup's address
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Sexual expoitation of a child leads to life long issues in relationships and trust in other people.  If we can brek the chain of children who are being violated turning into new violators we may be able to get a bit ahead!

Fake child I.D. does not foil police

The Jolly Rancha is foiled! 

Dewey Nelson likes 'em young.  Well maybe he is not after our five and six year olds.  He is just as dangerous, preying upon 15 year olds. 

Dewey met his demise after meeting a girl on Myspace.  Apparently the two had on-line sex and decided they just had to meet in person.  The Jolly Rancha rented a car and drove from Hillsville, Va. to Livingston Texas to pick his little pretty up. 

The two returned to Dewey's apartment in Hillsville where the run-away stayed with Dewey for two weeks.  During her vacation in Dewey's apartment the child engaged in sexual intercourse with senor Nelson and also had oral sex, according to testimony.

"He thought oral sex was having sex on the telephone" 

Dewey later said of his confession, he thought oral sex was having sex on the telephone.  Likely, his statement was an effort to avoid confessions he made to police, but dumber people have been born.  Perhaps he was serious.

Somewhere towards the end of the two week love affair Dewey had one of those, boy-am-I-in-trouble moments.  He said he discovered the new girl in his life was not 19 as he claimed she said she was.  She was 15!  It is just as likely the two had a fight and Dewey wanted to get rid of the problem he had caused for himself.  No information suggests this, but it may have happened that way.  No matter the motive, what does a 39 year old do when he decides to return the child he has been molesting to her parents?

"Dewey played innocent after stealing the innocence of a young girl"

The truth, or a version of the truth, is usually the best way.  The family was notified, Dewey played innocent after stealing the innocence of a young girl.  Mom came to Hillsvalle to take her daughter home and end the relationship with this strange man.

Child molesters are not always the brightest people.  Dewey continued his relationship with the 15 year old.  One would think, after having dodged a bullet, Dewey Nelson would have avoided the child like the plague.  He should have been charged after his two week jaunt and was not.  Best to let well enough alone.  Not Dewey.

Nelson eventually convinced the 15 year old running away from home is what young people do. He again rented a car and headed out onto the road to pick the girl up again.  What was in the 39 year old's mind as he raced across country to Augusta, Kansas, where the family had moved?  Dewey picked the youth up and they were soon back in Dewey's apartment in Hillsvalle.

"The young looking girl living with him was his 13 year old daughter, he said"

Of course, the child was reported missing.  One of the first places to look was the strange guy who had taken the girl earlier in the year.  Nelson was prepared for that.  He had a false ID made for the young girl which he presented to police when they came knocking on the door.  The young looking girl living with him was his 13 year old daughter, he said.  He must have figured, if they would buy the phone sex is what is meant by oral sex, then the police would be duped by a fake I.D.  It didn't take long to determine the ID was a fake.  Dewey got the silver bracelets and the wayward youth got a free trip home.

Dewey pled guilty last November to two federal charges of traveling across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity, and two charges of transporting a child across state lines to engage in sexual activity. Dewey probably figured he was going to be convicted at trial anyway.  The guilty plea would save the court time and increase Dewey's chances of a favorable sentence. 

As it turns out, the girl he met on Myspace was not the first youth he had sexually abused.  Dewey had been married and divorced twice.  In each case, he started his relationships with his wives before they were of legal age.  He got one of his wives pregnant while she was underage.

Why should we be surprised.  Dewey was also sexually abused when he was 7, a thread many child sexual abusers have in common.  Someone stole their youth and having learned the lesson well, they return the favor.  The chain of sexual abuse continues through the generations.

"The judge said society required additional protection"

When sentencing day rolled around the Judge gave Dewey a few more years than the minimum so he could contemplate his actions while living with other dangerous criminals.  U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad said he was sentencing Nelson above the mandatory minimum of 10 years because society required additional protection.

Dewey got lucky.  Extra protection for society turns out to be 3 years.  It could have been a lot worse.

"You're not the only one who has had adverse circumstances to deal with ... you just didn't react well," Conrad told Nelson. "You committed questionable acts across your adult life"

A statement from the prosecuting attorney: 

“Sexual predators like Dewey Nelson target the most vulnerable among us—our children,” United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said today. “Mr. Nelson enticed a minor child to travel halfway across the country so that he could fulfill his deviant sexual desire. His subsequent attempts to cover up his crime failed, and he was brought to justice by the dedicated law enforcement team who conducted this investigation. This case shows that investigators are watching, monitoring, and moving swiftly to apprehend the criminals who lurk on the internet and target children. These cases are a priority for the United States Attorney’s Office, and we will continue to seek justice for the victims of these terrible crimes.”

Project Safe Childhood was involved in the apprehension and arrest of Dewey Nelson.  The project combats child sexual exploitation and child abuse.  It was launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice and is Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). 

Dewey Nelson faced charges of traveling across state lines to engage in illegal sexual activity, and two charges of transporting a child across state lines to engage in sexual activity as a result of the hard work of Project Safe Childhood.  Judge Glen Conrad let Dewey Nelson off easy.  I suspect United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy would have preferred a longer term of "protection" for the the public.  The Jolly Rancha has been foiled!

Police officer pleads guilty to possession of child pornography

Police officer guilty of child pornography

Officer David Courtney Childers, Horny County

Not even police officers get away with possessing images of children having sex.  David Courtney Childeers, a Horny County police officer, pled guilty to possession of child pornography.  He is awaiting sentencing.

The FBI went into action against a guy who likes to share his collection of kiddy porn after a June 2008, undercover operation revealed him as a suspect.  Childers and other perpetrators used peer to peer sharing to trade their dirty little secrets.

Peer to peer sharing, or p2p, is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, songs and pictures, from one computer user to another without necessarily posting it on the net for all to see. Popular file sharing programs include gnutella http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=GDF, gnutella2 or g2 http://g2.trillinux.org/index.php?title=Main_Page, emulehttp://download.cnet.com/eMule/3000-2196_4-10225243.html?tag=mncol;lst, Kaza  http://www.kazaa.com/and Bit Torrent  http://www.bittorrent.com/btusers/what-is-bittorrent

Peer to peer file sharing may be implemented in a variety of storage, transmission, and distribution models. Common methods are manual sharing using removable media, centralized computer file server installations on computer networks, World Wide Web-based hyperlinked documents, and the use of distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.

"P2P sharing is perfectly legal" 

P2p sahring is perfectly legal.  However, it has been frequently used for illegal means.  One of the most famous cases was Napster, sharing music for free which was subject to copyright.  Child porn users have been p2p of late in order to trade their fare with less risk of getting caught.

  "Contact was made with a suspected perp who was offering to share his collection of child porn"

Illinois FBI agents went undercover using the identification of a known and trusted child pornographer.  Contact was made with a suspected perp who was offering to share his collection of child porn.  Agents downloaded the child pornography, and traced the communication back to officer Childers. 
 
Shortly thereafter the officers had officer Childers in custody along with his computer.  A brief search of the computer memory revealed the kiddy porn.  It was also quickly determined that Childers was a member of law enforcement and employed as a police officer with Horry County.

The office of United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald issued a press release stating that they got one of the bad guys.  Childers pled guilty in federal court to possession of child pornography, a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2252A(a)(5)(B). Assistant United States Attorney William E. Day, II, of the Florence office handled the case.

United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell accepted the plea and will sentence Childers at a later date.  The maximum penalty Childers can receive is a fine of $250,000.00 and imprisonment for 10 years.  Possession of child pornography and trading it on the net, even with a degree of privacy, is illegal.  Those fighting the exploitation of a minor and kiddy porn have won another round.

Two girls rescued from child porn fiend

Six year old child sexually molested

Rescuers find two children, 

using a beer can a glasses

Cross border cooperation puts bad guys away

Law enforcement from two countries worked together to put a child molestor where he can't hurt widdle gurls anymore.  Canadian authorities spotted pictures of a six year old girl having sex with an adult male. Since the kiddy porn pics were new, the authorities were optimistic they could catch the pedophile. Fresh pictures means fresh leads and a new child in danger from child porographers. 

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police found the child porn images and sent them to the Toronto Police Services. After analysis, a blurry beer can from a rare manufacturer was seen. The beer is only made in the Northeastern U.S. This information was sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, also known as NCMEC.

At the same time, investigators from the Bellfast, Maine Police department and the State Police from Maine discovered the images. After analyzing the dirty pictures they discovered the child in the  pornographic photo wore eyeglasses. This information was sent to the NCMEC. Law enforcement from the U.S. and Canada began a cooperative effort to find the little girl. 

The Beer can and eye glasses helped narrow down the location of the perpetrator. The manufacturer of the beer said their special brew was distributed in six states only, including New York and Maryland. The manufacturer and model number of the glasses were quickly identified.

After these encouraging leads, a team of very dedicated investigators started in on the pain staking foot work required to track down a man who did evil things including having sex, with children. On August 1, 2008, a special agent from the New York using the Innocent Images National Initiative Program opened the case and began canvassing ophthalmologist in the six state region where the beer was distributed.

Bingo! After three weeks of hard work an eye doctor in Maryland recognized the child and called FBI agent Michael Sabric in the FBI New York Office. As it turned out the child had been in the doctor's office that very day! It was her first day of school.

Sabric organized a surveillance team and they set up on the house where the girl lived. When she came home from school the agents were able to identify her from her photo as the victim. At that point a search warrant was easy to get.

Special Agent Rachel Corn from the Baltimore Cyber Squad met with a judge and obtained the warrant. At 10:00 p.m. the police were knocking on the door of a man who steals the youth from children. The Cyber team assembled a forensic child interviewer, a victim assistance representative the evidence response team and together they made the bust.

It didn’t take long to get to the bottom of the matter. The child identified two perpetrators and both men were arrested. In October, one of the men involved was sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexually exploiting a minor and producing child pornography. His accomplice had already received a 36-year sentence.

In the old days one branch of law enforcement didn’t know what the other was doing. Today, not only is U.S. law enforcement cooperating, but law enforcement on both sides of the border work together to put those who exploit children down for good.

Not every child abduction and pornography case ends with rescued children.  In this case, two children were found to be victims, the 6 year old and her sister.  The investigators who worked hard to stop kiddy porn, child abuse, and sexual exploitation of a minor were relieved to bring suffering victims of child pornography to safety.