The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) maintains a staff of 50 people in its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and in offices in four states (Texas, Florida, California, and New York) that receive tips and collect images provided…
Category: Illegal Pornography
2022
Category: Child Abuse | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
Child pornography is a serious criminal offense that causes immediate and profound revulsion. Make no mistake about that.
The recent U.S. Senate confirmation hearings relating to Judge Kenji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court created the impression…
2021
Sex offenses are among the most severe in Texas. If you or someone you love is accused of a sex crime in this state, they will face, if convicted, harsh sentencing and extreme sex offender registration upon release. Unfortunately Texas…
2021
Category: Crimes Against Children | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
The larger general population views crimes against children as particularly egregious in society. With so many children exploring the internet on a daily basis (and too often without parental supervision), child sex offenders see the internet as a portal to…
2020
Category: Crimes Against Children | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Being charged with an offense such as possession of child pornography or invasive visual recording in Texas is a big deal. If convicted of either offense, it will have serious ramifications for the rest of a person’s life.
In…
2020
Category: Child Abuse | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The COVID pandemic has neither stifled nor hindered law enforcement undercover pedophile sting operations. Just last month, the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force with the Fargo Police Department announced the arrest of 60 people they allege expressed an interest…
2019
Category: Computer Crime | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Within the parameters of longstanding judicially recognized exceptions, law enforcement officials under the Fourth Amendment cannot conduct a search of an individual or their property without a warrant.
However, as far back as 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court has…
2019
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes Against Children
Yes.
Already facing state charges of aggravated sexual assault and abuse in Chicago state court, R. Kelly has now attracted the attention of the federal government as well.
How so?
He was recently taken into custody on…
2019
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
A Vermont man is currently being held without bail because authorities located a single “improper” image of two young boys and a young girl. The man told authorities that the image came from a (legal) nudist website.
Why so…
2019
Category: Illegal Pornography | Internet Sex Crimes
Between 1997 and 2010, according to a report by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (“FAMM”), sentences in child pornography cases increased by 500 percent. That report surveyed judges across the country and found that seventy percent of them believed that the…