Data Shows Rise in Child Exploitation Cases: Report
November 14, 2019 Updated: November 14, 2019
More than 4,000 child exploitation cases were initiated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) this fiscal year, resulting in thousands of arrests and the identification of more than 1,000 victims, according to data obtained by The Associated Press.
The data represents an uptick in cases involving the exploitation of children, in part due to how easily offenders can spread graphic images of children. HSI agents and investigators initiated 4,224 such cases that resulted in 3,771 arrests and the identification of 1,066 victims.
The recent data, which covers cases from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019, were higher overall when compared to previous years. The past two fiscal years saw roughly 4,000 cases, but fewer arrests and fewer victims identified.
HSI is the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security that fights criminal organizations illegally exploiting America’s travel, trade, financial, and immigration systems, according to its website, and its workforce includes special agents, analysts, auditors, and support staff.
“With the ‘dark web’ on there, the content is becoming more prevalent and more horrific,” Matt Wright, chief of the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit at Homeland Security Investigations, told AP.
Cheaper online storage and easier encryption tools are making for a vast increase in the number of exploitative images posted and traded online, HSI investigators said. However, while exploitative images are becoming easier to share, the demand for online sex-trafficking has dropped, according to a report previously shared with The Epoch Times.
President Donald Trump, who has made combating human trafficking a focal point of his administration, signed into law the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, or SESTA-FOSTA in 2018. The legislation halts the shielding of website operators from state criminal charges or civil liability if they facilitate sex ads or prostitution.
Sex-trafficking website Backpage.com—the largest human-trafficking portal in the United States—was taken down by the FBI in 2018. The report found that those two actions—the signing into law of the legislation and the closure of the website—ultimately led to the drop in demand.
Childsafe.AI CEO Rob Spectre previously told The Epoch Times that the underground marketplace for sex trafficking is now more like the “the Wild West” rather than the “high-quality, well-groomed advertising channel” it was.
“What we are seeing overall is an evident drop in demand … a number of these operators are struggling to continue operating their services,” he said. “There is also a significant influx of scam advertising.”
Meanwhile, a separate report from Facebook stated that millions of posts depicting child abuse between April and September were found and removed, according to a Nov. 13 moderation report released by the company. In total, Facebook removed more than 11.6 million pieces of content depicting child nudity and sexual exploitation of children, as well as 754,000 pieces on Instagram during the third quarter.
Facebook has talked about plans to provide better privacy to users by introducing encryption to its messaging services, but lawmakers have expressed concern that the company’s new direction will make it harder to combat child abuse.
An increasing number of U.S. states, meanwhile, are giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide if they want to file lawsuits—part of a growing trend to expand the statute of limitations, which is one of the major legal impediments for victims.
So far this year, at least three states—California, New York, and New Jersey—have signed similar legislation. Most victims who experience sexual abuse in their childhood don’t disclose their trauma until adulthood, multiple studies have indicated.
“Legislators are starting to understand that something has to be done,” Sean Holihan, policy manager at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), told The Epoch Times in October.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
“The legal age of sexual consent in Mexico is
12 years old. Sex with children at this age and younger is socially acceptable
in Mexico. For example: A Mexican Lopez-Mendez pleaded guilty to sexual assault
on a 10 year old girl in West Virginia. His excuse: sex with young girls was
common with his people. He said, "I was unaware that it was a crime."
FROSTY WOOLDRIGE
America Vs Mexico:
Clashing Cultures
By Frosty Wooldridge
Anyone understand why Mexicans fail miserably
at creating a successful civilization? Ever wonder why millions of them invade
the United States in search of a better life? Have you noticed that once they
arrive, they create the same kind of 'society' in the United States?
Unconsciously, they create the same conditions they left behind. You can take
the boy out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the boy.
For example, in Denver in December, illegal
alien Navi dragged his girlfriend to death behind his car. Illegal alien Cruz
shot his girlfriend dead in the back because she wouldn't reconcile with him.
Illegal alien Ruizz ran over and killed Justin Goodman, but Ruizz drove away
from the scene leaving Goodman to die. In Greeley, Colorado they suffered 270
hit and run accidents in one year. Over 80 percent of hit and run wrecks in
Denver involve illegal aliens. Denver boasts the drug smuggling capital of the
West as well as the people smuggling mecca of the country. Illegals cheat,
distribute drugs, lie, forge documents, steal and kill as if it's a normal way
of life. For them, it is.
Mexico's civilization stands diametrically
opposed to America's culture. Both countries manifest different ways of
thinking and operating.
With George Bush's push to create the
"Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" by dissolving
our borders with Mexico, he places all Americans at risk.
Would you become friends with neighbors who
throw their trash on city streets and parks, create ghettoes wherever they
enclave their numbers, promote corruption, deal in violence, encourage drug
use, manifest poverty, endorse sexism and downgrade education?
America's culture and Mexico's culture remain
diametrically opposed to one another. America's fought Mexico and won. Today,
Mexico invades America with sheer numbers of poor.
However, cultures rarely change and neither do
their people.
As you can see from the ten points below,
everything about Mexico degrades everything about America. For further
information, you may visit
www.immigrationshumancost.org and www.limitstogrowth.org where
you will find a plethora of information by a brilliant journalist Brenda
Walker. Her original report may be viewed on www.Vdare.com on January 17, 2007
under the title: "Ten Reasons Why America Should Not Marry Mexico." I
suggest you read more of her work. She
exemplifies incisive, sobering and shocking information.
These ten point stem directly from Brenda
Walker's work. Let's examine why America must not entangle itself by merging
with Mexico.
The legal age of sexual consent in Mexico is
12 years old. Sex with children at this age and younger is socially acceptable
in Mexico. For example: A Mexican Lopez-Mendez pleaded guilty to sexual assault
on a 10 year old girl in West Virginia. His excuse: sex with young girls was
common with his people. He said, "I was unaware that it was a crime."
Mexicans remain the most sexist males next to
Islamic men. Both boast the most misogynous cultures in the world. Rape and
other violence toward women are not treated as serious crimes. In Mexico, a
custom known as "rapto" whereby men kidnap women for sex is regarded
as harmless amusement. Mexican society regards women little more than objects.
Crime and violence remain mainstays of Mexican
culture. Drug cartels and the Mexican army coordinate their massive efforts to
promote drug distribution not only in Mexico but into the USA. Mexico City
suffers the second highest crime rate in Latin America. Kidnapping remains
second only to Columbia for ransom money. Beheadings, killings and gun fire
erupt at drug distribution points on the US/Mexican border.
Spontaneous hanging continues in Mexico. A mob
beat up and burned to death two policemen on live television in 2004 in Mexico
City. As Brenda Walker wrote, "Mexicans do not have the same belief as
Americans that the law is central to the equitable functioning of a complex
nation. It's the Third World."
Drunk driving remains acceptable in Mexico. As
it stands, 44,000 Americans die on our nation's highways annually. Half that
number stems from drunken drivers. U.S. Congressman Steve King reports that 13
American suffer death from drunken driving Mexicans each day. Alcoholism runs
rampant in Mexican culture. They suffer the most DUI arrests.
Mexicans set the benchmark for animal cruelty.
Mexicans love dog fighting, bullfighting, cock fighting and horse tripping.
Those blood sports play in every arena and backyard in Mexico. They expand into
America as more Mexicans arrive. They also engage in "steer-tailing"
where the rider yanks the animal's tail in an attempt to flip it to the ground.
In horse tripping, they run the animals at full gallop around a ring, then, use
ropes to trip them at full speed. It's a death sentence as the horses break
their legs, teeth, shoulders and necks-all to the delight of the cheering
Mexican fans.
As La Raza confirms, Mexicans maintain the
most racist society in North America. "For the Hispanic race, everything;
for anyone outside the race, nothing!" Guadalupe Loaeza, a journalist,
said, "Mexican society is fundamentally racist and classist. The color of
your skin is a key that either opens or shuts doors. The lighter your skin, the
more doors open to you."
Corruption becomes a mechanism by which Mexico
operates. Corruption remains systemic. The Washington Post wrote, "Mexico
is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the hemisphere." They
feature drug cartels, sex slave trade, people smuggling, car theft cartels,
real estate scam cartels, murder for money and, you must bribe your mail man to
get your mail.
Last, but not least, Mexicans are Marxists.
They promote a one-party government. As with any kind of Marxism, brutal
totalitarian rule keeps the rich in power and everyone else subservient.
As we allow millions of Mexicans to colonize
our country, we can't help but be caught up in these ten deadly cultural traits
of Mexicans. With over 12 million Mexicans here today, the predictions grow to
as many as 20 even 40 million Mexicans in a few decades as they come here for a
better life.
The fact remains, as they come to America for
a better life, they make our lives a living hell.
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