AP Exclusive: Data shows upswing in child exploitation cases
India TV NewsHomeland Security investigators who uncover child exploitation initiated more than 4,000 cases around the world in the 2019 budget year, resulting in thousands of arrests and the identification of more than 1,000 victims, according to new data obtained by The Associated Press. “With the dark web on there, the content is becoming more prevalent and more horrific,” said Matt Wright, the chief for the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit at Homeland Security Investigations. “While we are within ICE, our primary function is as criminal investigators,” said Joanna Ip, assistant director of the agency’s cyber division, which oversees the unit working on combating child exploitation. “We do criminal investigations with customs and immigration authorities — anything that comes in and out of the border.” The numbers for the last budget year, which ran from Oct. 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2019, are higher overall than for the previous few years, according to the data, even as HSI’s parent, the Department of Homeland Security, remains focused on immigration enforcement.
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