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In a massive crackdown on online child predators, Dallas, Texas, authorities have nabbed over 240 sickos and rescued more than 100 kids from their clutches in a month-long sting operation that’ll make your skin crawl.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, alongside the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the FBI Dallas Division, announced the results of Operation Soteria Shield, which kicked off in April and exposed the dark underbelly of online child exploitation.
This wasn’t some small-time bust. More than 70 Texas law enforcement agencies, backed by the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, teamed up to hunt down creeps involved in producing, sharing, and hoarding child sexual abuse material (CSAM). They seized terabytes of stomach-churning digital evidence, all of it now under forensic analysis to uncover more victims and lock up more perps.
“The numbers of offenders arrested and children rescued in this operation are significant,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jay Combs, who’s clearly not messing around. “We remain committed to investigating and prosecuting these crimes to protect children from online sexual exploitation.” You can feel the resolve in his words; this is a fight they’re not backing down from.
Operation Soteria Shield, one of the biggest stings of its kind in Texas in recent years, shows what happens when agencies actually work together instead of tripping over each other’s egos.
This wasn’t some small-time bust. More than 70 Texas law enforcement agencies, backed by the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, teamed up to hunt down creeps involved in producing, sharing, and hoarding child sexual abuse material (CSAM). They seized terabytes of stomach-churning digital evidence, all of it now under forensic analysis to uncover more victims and lock up more perps.
Federal sources say the operation’s already led to a slew of grand jury indictments in the Eastern District of Texas for distributing child porn and sexually exploiting kids.
“The numbers of offenders arrested and children rescued in this operation are significant,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Jay Combs, who’s clearly not messing around. “We remain committed to investigating and prosecuting these crimes to protect children from online sexual exploitation.” You can feel the resolve in his words; this is a fight they’re not backing down from.
Operation Soteria Shield, one of the biggest stings of its kind in Texas in recent years, shows what happens when agencies actually work together instead of tripping over each other’s egos.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) also chipped in, providing intel and case coordination to make sure these monsters didn’t slip through the cracks. With more arrests and victim IDs expected as the evidence is combed through, this operation is a grim reminder of the evil out there, and a loud warning to predators that justice is soon going to be knocking on their doors.
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