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  • A black and white file photo of the Albuquerque Indian School Complex, circa 1910 | Photo credit: National Archives | National Archives Identifier 292879

    The First Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Report Acknowledges A Shrouded Legacy

    May 12th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer One-and-a half centuries. Over 400 Indigenous boarding schools run by the federal government, with support from religious institutions. The use of systematic militarized and identity-alteration methodologies in an attempt to 'assimilate Indigenous persons.' Corporal punishment to enforce rules...

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  • Representative photo of a young girl pressing her face and hands against glass | Photo by DANNY G on Unsplash

    The New National Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy: An Introduction

    February 9th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On Friday, Feb. 4, the Justice Department announced that Aaron Crawford of Maryland had been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release. Why? For engaging in what Attorney General Merrick B....

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  • Representative photo of a boy sitting with a tablet at a table | Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

    The Impact Of ‘Deepfake’ On Child Safety

    February 1st, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer There's no doubt that combating child sex abuse material (CSAM) is a serious challenge that law enforcement officers, parents, caregivers, and various others involved in or concerned about child safety and protection face. Sample this: Of the 21.7+...

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  • Representative photo of a little girl sitting along with a dog on the grass | Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

    Child Safety Legislation In The Works: A Round-Up

    January 4th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer At Biometrica, child safety and protection has always been at the heart of what we do. We ended 2021 with a look-back special at various issues surrounding this all-important public safety subject that took centerstage through last year....

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  • The Fight Against Human Trafficking: The White House’s New National Action Plan To Combat Human Trafficking

    December 6th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In July, Biometrica wrote about how human traffickers adapted to the "new normal" after Covid-19 and appeared to be increasingly targeting children online, even as the pool of vulnerable persons who could be recruited by these criminals grew,...

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  • Representative photo of a toy bear set against a gloomy backdrop | Photo by Kasia on Unsplash

    Who Is Required To Report Suspected Child Abuse And When

    November 19th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh Last month, we wrote about some gaps in the child welfare system that can lead to children in foster care being abused. Unfortunately, the reality is that it’s not just those children who can fall prey to abuse. Almost...

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  • Photo of a young boy in a face mask sitting on steps

    How Covid-19 Has Impacted The Already Strained Child Welfare System

    November 17th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the child welfare system was rife with gaps that made children in foster care extra susceptible to abuse. Like with many other societal problems, however, the pandemic only worsened that situation on a number...

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  • Shadowy image of a girl looking through gaps in the slats out the window

    The 2003 PROTECT Act And Safeguarding Children From Sexual Exploitation

    October 28th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh On Wednesday, Oct. 27, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Virginia man, 26-year-old Zackary Ellis Sanders, had been convicted by a federal jury for producing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The DOJ alleges that...

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  • Representative photo of a little girl shutting her eyes with her hands | Photo by Caleb Woods on Unsplash

    Child Sex Abuse Material Production Sentencing Is On The Rise

    October 20th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Out of the total federal caseload, child sex abuse material (CSAM) production cases account for only a small percentage. Even so, the expansion of digital and mobile technology has led to a 422% spike in the number of...

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  • Representative photo of a young person asking for a lift | Photo by Atlas Green on Unsplash

    Runaways And Homeless Youth: Alone, At Risk, And Scared

    October 18th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind One in 10 people aged 18–25 and one in 30 people aged 13–17 experience homelessness each year. To put it another way, in a classroom of 30 students, at least one will experience homelessness this year, which means they...

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    There Are 160 Million Child Laborers Globally, Report Finds

    October 6th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer At the end of September, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its 20th annual “Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor” report, which analyzed the state of child labor in 131 countries and territories between January and...

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    Gaps In An Overburdened System Mean That Children In Foster Care Are Too Susceptible To Abuse

    October 1st, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Aara Ramesh A year ago, last October, USA TODAY reported in a bombshell investigation that a foster father in Florida had been arrested in 2019 and had pleaded guilty to charges for rape, molestation, and producing and consuming child sexual abuse...

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    Age Of Consent, Statutory Rape, And “Romeo And Juliet” Laws

    September 23rd, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh The exploitation of children is a real and present problem, one that has only worsened — like many others — as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Children are roped into forced labor; they are trafficked for sex; they...

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    The CREEPER Act: The Case For Banning Child Sex Dolls And Robots

    August 5th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind Just three weeks ago, the Department of Justice said a 53-year old Maryland resident, Jeffrey John White, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for possessing thousands of files of child pornography. When the case was...

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  • Human Traffickers Adapted To ‘The New Normal’ And Increasingly Targeted Children Online: A Roundup Of Recent Human Trafficking News

    July 13th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer An undercover investigation in middle Tennessee ended in the arrests of 18 men accused of seeking illicit sex from minors, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said on Monday, July 12. The operation began on July 8 and...

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    Update: A Round-Up Of Changes To Several Pieces Of Pending Legislation

    June 17th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer Earlier this year we discussed pending legislation in an article titled, “Pending Hate Crime Legislation in Front of Congress,” published April 22, and a February 4 article titled, “More Legal Firepower Proposed in Battle Against Child Abuse.” More has...

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    How To Protect Children And Disrupt The Cycle Of Exploitation

    June 2nd, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Jan Edwards May 25 was International Mission Children’s Day. Globally, more than one million children are reported missing every year. ICMEC considers any child under the age of 18 whose whereabouts are unknown to be “missing.” This includes children who have...

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  • Report Finds Possible ‘Coordinated’ Child Sex Abuse Ring In 18 Mexican Schools

    June 1st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Monday, May 31, the Center for The Defense of Children’s Rights, published a report in which it said it had uncovered a “disturbing pattern” of child sexual abuse at as many as 18 schools and childcare centers...

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  • Europol’s Trace An Object Initiative Appeals To Public For Help To Combat Child Sexual Abuse

    May 11th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh On Monday, May 10, Europol released a new batch of photos as part of its “Trace an Object” program, an ongoing effort to solve child sexual abuse cold cases across the continent. In their public appeal, the agency said that they are particularly looking for details...

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    A Slew Of Wins For Federal, State & Military Law Enforcement On Child Sexual Abuse Cases

    April 26th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica Staffer If you talk to any investigator working in child protection, he or she would tell you it is a mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting job, because of the nature of often horrifying crimes they are constantly investigating, the...

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  • An image of a Zoom conference going on.

    After Spike In Zoom Sessions, And Zoombombings, Company And Authorities Get Down To Business

    April 19th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu Last week, San Jose-based videoconferencing platform Zoom made a big announcement, which it labeled, “On Academic Freedom for our Higher Education Users.” The crux of the statement was that in the case of Zoom meetings and webinars hosted by...

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  • Chicago Man Sentenced To 45 Years For Producing Child Pornography

    April 15th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu Cornell D.A. Johnson, of Chicago, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on April 13 for producing child pornography involving multiple minors. Senior U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm called Johnson the “ringmaster” of the operation and said that...

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  • A teenaged bride sits forlornly, quite alone © Godfer | Dreamstime.com

    We Have An Epidemic Of Child Marriages In The United States. Seriously.

    April 12th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind If you thought child marriage was a problem that only developing countries faced, think again. It is an equally real, and worrisome, problem in the U.S. too. Read this: Nearly 300,000 minors, under age 18, were legally married in...

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  • A young girl sits alone watching the sunrise. The photo signifies loneliness, solitude.

    In The Heart Of Texas: A Child Advocate’s Story

    April 7th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Kathy Nicholl They meet in an unusual and rather unexpected setting — at a religious gathering. She takes her time and recounts to the judge in her child protection case what her father has done to her. The judge asks if...

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  • Photo of a young girl behind a glass pane showing the stop sign © Iurii Kuzo | Dreamstime.com

    Parental And Child Education About Sexual Abuse, And Misconceptions About OSEC and CSAM

    March 31st, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    Here is a staggering estimate: 75% of victims of child sexual abuse material are reportedly under the age of 12, 63% under the age of eight. Children are more likely to be abused by someone they have a relationship with, either virtual...

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  • Missouri Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Sexually Explicit Conduct Online

    March 11th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Michael David Miller of southwestern Missouri was sentenced on March 9 to 20 years without parole, for using a social media app to contact 12- and 13-year-old girls in Canada and induce them to engage in sexually explicit...

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  • Arizona House Passes Bill Imposing Strict Punishments For Child Sex Offenders

    March 4th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu The Arizona House passed Bill HB 2889 that will ensure convicted child offenders would not have the option of probation, parole or work release. This means that an individual serving a 10-20 year sentence, would not have the chance...

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  • More Legal Firepower Proposed In Battle Against Child Abuse

    February 4th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer The House of Representatives currently has four pieces of legislation before it aimed at better handling child abuse so far in 2021. Of these, one is a reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, two are proposed...

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  • Texas man with ties to ISIS pleads guilty

    January 28th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer January 28, 2021 A Texas man pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq, at a hearing in San Antonio on Jan. 25. Jaylyn Christopher Molina, aka Abdur Rahim of Cost, was plotting attacks...

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  • Massachusetts man charged with possession of child pornography

    November 24th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A man from Massachusetts was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Oliver Smith, 45, was charged by criminal complaint and detained pending a detention hearing scheduled for...

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  • 10 sentenced to prison for child exploitation enterprise & conspiracy

    October 1st, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Ten men from around the US have been sentenced for taking part in a child pornography enterprise and conspiracy, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Of the ten, three are based in New York, two...

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  • Middle school teacher arrested on child pornography charges

    September 24th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A middle school teacher from Fontana, California, was arrested on child pornography charges by special agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Josue Gamaliel Vidal Quintanilla, 28, who teaches mathematics at Shandin Hills...

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  • Kansas man indicted on child pornography charges

    September 16th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A resident of Kansas has been indicted by a federal grand jury on federal child pornography charges, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. The three-count indictment charged Jeffrey Pierce, who lives in Topeka, with producing...

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  • Las Vegas man sentenced 35 yrs for child sexual abuse

    September 16th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A man was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, producing images of the sexual abuse, and possessing hundreds of images and videos of the sexual assaults. Andres Rafael Viola, an Argentine...

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  • Philadelphia men charged with child sex trafficking

    September 4th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Three men from Philadelphia were charged for their roles in a sex trafficking operation that exploited numerous minors from 2016 through 2017 by a federal grand jury, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Andre Michael...

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  • American man indicted for exploiting Laotian kids

    August 28th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer An American man was indicted for exploiting teenage boys in Laos, where he taught English, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. Michael Sebastian, 52, was indicted on three counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct...

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  • 34 charged for soliciting sex with minors, CSAM

    August 12th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    With the covid-19 pandemic keeping many schools shut, children are spending a lot more time online to learn | © Pavalache Stelian - Dreamstime.com By a Biometrica staffer Operation Covid Chatdown led to the arrest of 34 men in Fresno, California, for...

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  • In Search Of The Missing: What To Do, What To Know, And What To Say

    In Search Of The Missing: What To Do, What To Know, And What To Say

    September 18th, 2018
    category: Feature Stories

    With the city of San Francisco waterfront in foreground, a container ship sails on San Francisco Bay with the city of Oakland and Port of Oakland in the background. Mt. Diablo looms over the scene. The Bay Area Search And Rescue Council...

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