- FBI: 168 kids rescued, 281 pimps nabbed in sex-trafficking crackdown
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Deputies: Day care, mentoring program a front for Sanford child porn
operation
- Child abuse victims stung by Albany inaction (Child Victims
Act)
FBI: 168 kids rescued, 281 pimps nabbed in sex-trafficking
crackdown
CBS/AP June 23, 2014
WASHINGTON -- Nearly 170 victims
of child sex trafficking, many of whom had never been reported missing, were
rescued in the last week as part of an annual nationwide crackdown, the FBI said
Monday.
Besides the 168 children rescued from the sex trade, 281 pimps
were arrested during the same period on state and federal charges.
"These
are not faraway kids in faraway lands," FBI Director James Comey said in
announcing the annual enforcement push known as Operation Cross Country.
Instead, he added, "These are America's children."
This is the eighth
such week long-operation, which this year unfolded in 106 cities. The FBI says
nearly 3,600 children have so far been recovered from the streets....
He
said one concerning trend is the increasing prevalence of children who are being
prostituted online....
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-168-kids-rescued-281-pimps-nabbed-in-sex-trafficking-crackdown/
http://goo.gl/u7q7BH Deputies:
Day care, mentoring program a front for Sanford child porn operation
6/25/14
Sanford, N.C. — A pseudo day care and mentoring program
operating out of the Sanford home of a convicted sex offender was actually a
front for a child porn production operation, Harnett County Sheriff’s Office
detectives said.
Four people have been arrested in the case.
Investigators are searching for Tommy Wall, a fifth person who may be in the
Raleigh or Fayetteville areas....
Investigators say Bailey Joe Mills, 33,
who was convicted three times on charges related to sexual contact with
children, ran the operation out of his former Nicole Drive home. They believe
Mills ran the day care and mentoring program to attract young girls to his
residence and to create a relationship with their parents. Mills then offered
the girls money to have sex with men he found through different social media
sites, authorities said....
Mills has had multiple arrests and
convictions over the years....
The operation, which involves about 10
male and female victims ranging from ages 1 to 14, dates back to 2013, but it
wasn’t discovered until Mills’ arrest in January. Investigators said they
realized they had a much bigger case after going through Mills’ computer and
cell phones....
http://www.wral.com/deputies-day-care-and-mentoring-program-a-front-for-child-porn-operation/13758447/
http://goo.gl/P03qXH Child
abuse victims stung by Albany inactionBy Shant Shahrigian
6/25/14
Horace Mann School graduate Joseph Cumming says it took him 34
years to fully realize his treatment at the hands of his music teacher Johannes
Somary was sexual abuse. But by then, even if he had wanted to, it was far too
late for him to take legal action. New York’s criminal and civil statute of
limitations for sexual abuse of minors is five years after the victim turns
18.
After revelations of decades of abuse involving more than 30 victims
at Horace Mann emerged in June 2012, the Bronx District Attorney’s office said
the limitations prevented it from prosecuting any of the
perpetrators.
The state legislature’s recent failure to take up the Child
Victims Act — which would eliminate the criminal and civil statues of
limitations for child sexual abuse and create a one-year window for past victims
to seek justice — infuriated Mr. Cumming and other survivors....
“The
main reason [the Child Victims Act] has not passed is that there is a caucus of
centrist Democrats in the senate who have blocked it again and
again,”....
A man who says he suffered sexual abuse at the Hackley School
in Tarrytown, N.Y., which earlier this year acknowledged abuse of students in
the 1960s, echoed Mr. Cumming’ point of view.
“These politicians end up
protecting very bad people,” said the surivor, who did not want his name
published.
The New York State Catholic Conference is strongly opposed to
the act, saying it would unfairly subject the church — which has seen widespread
allegations of child abuse by priests in recent years — to costly
litigation.
http://riverdalepress.com/stories/Child-abuse-victims-stung-by-Albany-inaction,54539
http://goo.gl/bsT8pX