WASHINGTON – Following last week's public appeal for leads in three unsolved child pornography cases, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announces the following updates:
In order to protect the privacy of the victims, no further details are being released about their identities or relationships to the alleged offenders.
These unsolved cases were publicized as part of HSI's Operation Sunflower, a recently concluded enforcement action aimed at rescuing victims and targeting individuals who own, trade and produce child pornography. Operation Sunflower was conducted as part of Operation Predator, a nationwide HSI initiative to protect children from sexual predators, including those who travel overseas for sex with minors, Internet child pornographers, criminal alien sex offenders and child sex traffickers.
HSI encourages the public to report suspected child predators and any suspicious activity through its toll-free hotline at 866-347-2423 or by completing its online tip form at www.ICE.gov/tips. Both are staffed around the clock by investigators.
Suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children may be reported to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), an Operation Predator partner, via its toll-free 24-hour hotline, 800-843-5678.
HSI is a founding member and chair of the Virtual Global Taskforce, an international alliance of law enforcement agencies and private industry sector partners working together to prevent and deter online child sexual abuse. NCMEC is also a member of the VGT.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
ICE is a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities. For more information, visit www.ICE.gov. To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423 or complete our tip form.