Operation Predator
Operation Predator is an initiative started on July 9, 2003 by
Operation Predator targets foreign national sex offenders (deportable aliens),
As of January 2007, there have been over 9,300 arrests under Operation Predator. Over 1,000 of those arrests occurred within the first three months of the operation. More than 85% of the arrests made as part of Operation Predator have been arrests of foreign national sex offenders whose crimes make them removable from the United States. Approximately 40% of these are lawful permanent residents and approximately 40% of these are illegal immigrants. To date, more than 5,000 of these predators have been deported. They have also made arrests against human smugglers and child pornographers.
Operation Predator has become the main force behind
Some of Operation Predator's other major successes to date include a single web portal to various
There is also an Operation Predator iPhone app to allow users to receive alerts about suspected child sex predators, share the information with friends via email and social media, and submit tips.[1]
The Department of Justice estimates that somewhere between 300,000 and 400,000 U.S. children are sexually exploited every year. The United Nations estimates that one million children are forced into prostitution every year. ICE estimates that child sex tourism victimizes upwards of two million children a year.
National Child Victim Identification System
The
This system aims to provide federal and state agencies with a central database of child pornography to aid prosecution, and to positively identify children in child pornography.
The National Child Victim Identification System has been used to convict criminals by proving that the pornographic images the defendants possess are of real children, and not morphed or virtual.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Donaghue, Erin (September 12, 2013). "Operation Predator: Feds launch smartphone app to help capture child sex predators". CBS News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-7637-9938-0.
External links
- Operation Predator Homepage
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homepage
- U.S. Breaks Up Belarus-Based International Child Porn Ring Archived December 8, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
- Fact Sheet: Operation Predator - July 19, 2005 (Revised) Archived December 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- Fact Sheet: Operation Predator - July 7, 2004 Archived July 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Predatory Aliens Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Hunting on pedophile
- https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy/PIAs/privacy_pia_ncvis_august_2009.pdf Archived December 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine