Each year, millions of children fall prey to sexual predators. These young victims are left with permanent psychological, physical, and emotional scars. ICE targets and investigates child pornographers, child sex tourists and facilitators, human smugglers and traffickers of minors, criminal aliens convicted of offenses against minors and those deported for child exploitation offenses who have returned illegally.
Seeking to end this criminal activity and protect children worldwide, ICE developed Operation Predator, an initiative to identify, investigate and arrest child predators and sexual offenders. Operation Predator draws on ICE's unique investigative and enforcement authorities to safeguard children.
Coordinated nationally and internationally, Operation Predator brings together an array of ICE disciplines and resources to target these child sex abusers. As part of the effort:
ICE encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE. This hotline is staffed around-the-clock by investigators.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may also be reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, an Operation Predator partner, at 1-800-843-5678 or http://www.cybertipline.com.
The Virtual Global Taskforce is made up of law enforcement agencies from around the world working together to fight child abuse online. The taskforce aims to build an effective, international partnership of law enforcement agencies that helps to protect children from online child abuse.
The Virtual Global Taskforce strives to make the Internet a safer place, identify, locate and help children at risk and hold perpetrators accountable. It is comprised of the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre in the UK, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the US Department of Homeland Security, Italian Postal and Communication Police Service, and Interpol.
Resources and reporting information are available at www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com.
10/5/2012 Detroit, MI Georgia man arrested after traveling to Detroit for sex with a minor
10/3/2012 Ft Myers, FL Southwest Florida man sentenced to 7 years for possessing child pornography
10/3/2012 Newark, NJ New Jersey man indicted for distributing videos of child sexual abuse over the Internet
10/2/2012 Tucson, AZ Southern Arizona man sentenced to 10 years on child pornography charges
9/28/2012 Seattle, WA Repeat offender convicted on child pornography charges
9/27/2012 Portland, OR ICE's "Jane Doe" child pornographer suspect, husband indicted