{"id":159864,"date":"2021-06-16T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=159864"},"modified":"2021-06-16T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:14:51","slug":"ice-hsi-leads-international-operation-to-bust-dozens-of-alleged-child-predators-rescue-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/ice-hsi-leads-international-operation-to-bust-dozens-of-alleged-child-predators-rescue-children\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE HSI leads international operation to bust dozens of alleged child predators, rescue children"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in collaboration with Brazil Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) Secretariat for Integrated Operations (SEOPI) Cyber Laboratory, executed phase eight of Operation Protected Childhood (OPC) resulting in the arrest of approximately 88 alleged child predators. This large-scale simultaneous enforcement action was executed between June 8 and June 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation is a collaborative effort by HSI and our foreign law enforcement partners that resulted in removing child predators from our streets,\u201d said ICE Attach\u00e9 Robert Fuentes Jr. \u201cThank you to our Brazilian partners for your unwavering efforts over the last six years to combat child exploitation through Operation Protected Childhood. And to our growing international and domestic partnerships, we thank you for all your hard work in putting these perpetrators behind bars and keeping children safe.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Operation Protected Childhood 8 targeted the distributors and producers of child sexual abuse material throughout the Americas. The Operation was conducted in coordination with multiple HSI domestic offices, the HSI Cyber Crimes Center (C3) Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (CEIU), and international law enforcement coordination with the governments of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Panama, and Ecuador through the respective HSI Attach\u00e9 offices in Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Panama City, and Quito.<\/p>\n

OPC was initiated in March 2015 by HSI Brasilia in partnership with Brazil\u2019s MJSP Cyber Lab to increase the effectiveness of online child exploitation investigations. These efforts are a product of HSI\u2019s continued investment in building partner capacity in Brazil. Since 2015, HSI and their partners have launched multiple phases of OPC and have recently expanded the operation to a larger multinational enforcement action.<\/p>\n

During OPC 8, HSI offices in North Carolina, New York, Texas, Missouri, California, Michigan, and Kentucky executed a combined six child exploitation-related search warrants and made four arrests for child exploitation offenses. These executions were simultaneous with the enforcement actions made by Brazilian authorities and international law enforcement partners in Argentina, Paraguay, Panama and Ecuador with the support of our HSI presence overseas. A sample of HSI domestic enforcement actions as part of OPC 8 include:<\/p>\n