109 children rescued, 244 arrested in Operation Soteria Shield, exposing widespread child exploitation in North Texas

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• caffinatedone@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They’re probably going to hold new elections to replace the republican reps in jail now or they won’t have quorum.

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• kautau@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now how fast until most of these “illegal” children being exploited are handed over to ICE and deported and then the pardons roll out

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• uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The title made me think 244 children (and not offenders) were arrested.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, it IS Texas.

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• crystalmerchant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Funny Tim Ballard and OAR is nowhere to be seen

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• zapzap@lemmings.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not sure what this has to do with technology…

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  • IllNess@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More than 70 Texas law enforcement agencies joined forces throughout the month of April to combat the exploitation of children in the digital space. These agencies leveraged the expertise of highly skilled computer crimes investigators that worked around the clock to identify victims and apprehend offenders engaged in the production, distribution, and possession of child sexual abuse material.

    “The coordinated efforts of all agencies involved in Operation Soteria Shield serve as a powerful demonstration of unwavering dedication in the battle against online child exploitation. By exposing the darkest corners of the Internet, this operation has targeted predators who seek to harm vulnerable children,” said Wylie Police Chief Anthony Henderson.

    The online part. I say this passes for a tech article.

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  • Schlemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They lurk on the internet?

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• WhiteRice@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At first glance I thought this was like a home school cult but the truth is even more abhorrent and unimaginable.

  Was this roughly 100 families or like a large network for human trafficking? I may be but I have trouble believing that either would exist at such a scale.

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  • gaja@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    50,000 minors are trafficked for sex each year.

    It is the second most profitable criminal industry.

    There are millions upon millions of child sexual abuse material files reported each year.

    ourrescue.org/…/human-trafficking-statistics

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    • Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s horrifying. What the fuck is wrong with people? I cannot imagine being complicit with any part of the chain of monsters required to construct a profit from this.

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For a country the size of the us a hunderd is a very small amount.

    I am sure you heard of Epstein. These horrors definitely exist on big scales as fucked up as that is.

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• spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d give you 10 to 1 odds that 100% of these criminals are strident Maga Trump supporters.

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  • xJc13@quokk.au ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They probably work at a church.

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  • Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Facts.

    Just like that other guy who was torturing baby monkeys in a blender had a gigantic trump maga flag right next to a confederate flag in his home.

    It’s always the ones you most expect.

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  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And that the kids probably have Latino last names. There’s a lot of children without parents going into the system. Don’t let a pedophile become president kids.

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And not a single trans person either I’d bet.

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    • supakaity@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Except perhaps a couple of the children.

      I'm guessing the perpetrators would be hiding in plain sight as so-called "devout Christians".

      Upstanding, hard-working right wing supporting, bible toting, free speech espousing, minority hating bigots. With not even enough empathy for people other than those that look and believe the same as them to fill a thimble.

      People who dehumanise "other" humans

      This is exactly where believing that others are less than you and your ilk leads to... A belief that because the other is lesser they don't deserve compassion or respect. That others are just tools for use to make their own life better.

      Where it leads is unless you look the same, have the same or better income, looks, power. If they determine you have a "lesser" gender/sex, If their religion says that you are to obey them, then they get to withhold empathy from you.

      And these (probably) triple trumpers are now sitting in cells bewildered, wondering why this happened to them, how it could have happened to them.

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  • Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who’d be dumb enough to take that bet?

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    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Other trump supporters

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