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1. Online child sex abuse spiked by 31% in 2020, with at least 13 million disturbing images on Facebook and Instagram

Subjects
Coronaviruses -- Reports, Child sexual abuse -- Reports, Consumer news and advice, General interest, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports, Instagram (Online service) -- Reports, Facebook (Online social network) -- Reports
Abstract

There was a sharp increase in child sexual abuse imagery online in 2020, data shows. Facebook said it detected 13 million images from July to September alone. Coronavirus lockdowns and [...]

Published
2021

2. Apple to detect, report images of child sexual abuse uploaded to iCloud

Subjects
Child sexual abuse -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Reports, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: DANIEL URIA Apple on Thursday announced it will implement a system to identify and report images of child exploitation uploaded to its iCloud storage system to law enforcement. The [...]

Published
2021

3. 25-year-old man detained after facing child porn charges, report Gatesville PD

Subjects
Child pornography -- Reports, Business, international, Law, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Dustin Lane West, 25, of Gatesville was arrested on two counts of Promotion of Child Pornography by the Gatesville Police Department and the Texas Attorney Generals Office after a joint [...]

Published
2021

4. PERTH MAN IN COURT OVER CHILD ABUSE FANTASIES

Subjects
Australia. Federal Police -- Reports, Child abuse -- Reports, Police officers -- Reports, Police departments -- Reports, Child pornography, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

CANBERRA, Australia -- The following information was released by the Australian Federal Police: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force A [...]

Published
2020

5. Sex abuse in the suburbs

Author

Daria-Wiener, Irene

Subjects
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports, Child sexual abuse -- Prevention
Published
2004

6. Rescuing Lily: a child kidnapped by her father. A hiding place in a foreign jungle. It wouldn't be easy to get five-year-old Lily back, but her desperate mother was willing to do anything

Author

Engeler, Amy

Subjects
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Technology application, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports, Web sites -- Usage, Kidnapping, Parental -- Reports, Kidnapping -- Reports, Technology application, Company Web site/Web page, Web site/Web page development
Abstract

It was an ideal time for a commando raid--just before dawn on April 11, 2003, deep in the Costa Rican jungle. Five-and-a-half-year-old Lily Snyder, in moldy pink pajamas; her father, […]

Published
2004

7. Backpage CEO arrested in child trafficking probe: Why the controversy?

Author

Powell, Ellen

Subjects
Online information services -- Cases -- Officials and employees -- Services, Online services -- Cases -- Officials and employees -- Services, Human smuggling -- Cases -- Reports, Information services -- Cases -- Officials and employees -- Services, Company legal issue, Online information service, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Telecommunications Act of 1996, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Ellen Powell An ongoing child trafficking investigation against the classified ad website Backpage moved forward Thursday. Carl Ferrer, the company's chief executive, was arrested in Houston on a California [...]

Published
2016

8. PORTMAN OPENING STATEMENT: 'BACKPAGE HAS NOT DENIED A WORD OF THESE FINDINGS'

Subjects
Legislators -- Reports, Human smuggling -- Reports, Prostitution -- Reports, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Ohio Senator Rob Portman: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has opened a hearing on 'Backpage.com's [...]

Published
2017

9. Valassis and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Offer Safety Tips to Help Prevent Abductions and Online Solicitations This Summer

Subjects
Kidnapping -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Business, Business, international, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

LIVONIA, Mich. -- As children across the nation are embracing their summer vacations and time away from school, Valassis , a leader in intelligent media delivery, and the National Center [...]

Published
2016

10. Are Abductions on the Rise?

Author

GIPS, MICHAEL A.

Subjects
Abduction -- Evaluation, Hospitals, Health care industry, Business, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Law, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Two months ago, an infant was allegedly abducted from a mother's room in a Reno, Nevada, hospital. That was the first infant abduction from a healthcare facility in 2001, according [...]

Published
2001

11. In growing US sex-trafficking business, majority of victims are American-born

Author

Guarino, Mark

Subjects
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Reports, Human smuggling -- Growth, Criminal statistics -- Growth, Prostitution -- Growth, Company growth, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Mark Guarino With sex-trafficking cases on the rise in the United States, a just-concluded week-long sweep of truck stops, casinos, the Internet, and other places identified as likely spots [...]

Published
2014

12. Child abductions known relationships are the greater danger

Author

Douglas, Ashli-Jade

Subjects
Kidnapping -- Reports, Law, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), every year, more than 200,000 children are abducted by family members. An additional 58,000 are taken by nonrelatives with [...]

Published
2011

13. Sex predators stalk social media

Author

Acohido, Byron

Subjects
Online games -- Social aspects -- Safety and security measures, Cellular telephones -- Social aspects -- Safety and security measures, Social media -- Safety and security measures -- Reports, Child sexual abusers -- Reports -- Technology application, Child sexual abuse -- Reports, Online game, Wireless telephone, Wireless voice/data device, Technology application, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Byron Acohido Sexual predators, pornographers and prostitution rings are capitalizing on the rising popularity of mobile devices and social media to victimize children, say police and child safety experts. [...]

Published
2011

14. Law sought to save predators' details

Author

Jerome, Sara

Subjects
Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Internet service providers -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Reports, Child pornography -- Prevention -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Reports, Internet pornography -- Prevention -- Reports -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Internet service provider, Political science, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

House Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith says new laws are needed that would force companies to save private data in order to help law enforcement combat child pornography. Smith said at [...]

Published
2011

15. REPORT OFFERS NATIONAL APPROACH TO REUNITING CHILDREN/FAMILIES IN DISASTER

Subjects
News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports, American Hospital Association -- Reports
Abstract

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA): A new report from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, American Red Cross, and National Center for [...]

Published
2013

16. Amber Alerts now on Facebook

Author

Klein, Allison

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Services, Amber Alert systems -- Technology application, Computer services industry -- Services, Missing children -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Computer services industry, Technology application, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Byline: Allison Klein Amber Alerts for missing children are now available as a news feed on Facebook, an effort to reach more people faster, announced the National Center for Missing [...]

Published
2011

18. Fighting online sex crimes

Subjects
Child pornography -- Cases, Child pornography -- Statistics, Internet pornography -- Statistics, Internet pornography -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Engineering and manufacturing industries, Law, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

Investigating and prosecuting Internet sex crimes against children is challenging, but these cases 'are not posing insurmountable difficulties for law enforcement,' according to a recent report by the National Center [...]

Published
2004

19. WAL-MART BRINGS FAMILIES TOGETHER FOR THE HOLIDAYS; PHOTO PROGRAM REUNITES MISSING CHILDREN WITH THEIR PARENTS

Subjects
Walmart Inc. -- Social policy -- Reports, Discount stores -- Social policy -- Reports, Business, News, opinion and commentary, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children -- Reports
Abstract

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Home for the holidays.' 'I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.' All Americans can understand these sentiments and yet no one [...]

Published
1995

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