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Law
fromThe Mercury News
1 day ago

East Bay man charged with trying to entice and coerce minor

Joel Lawrence Benitzhar, 18, is accused of using social media to entice and coerce minors into sexual conduct and faces federal charges with life imprisonment.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 week ago

AI Chatbots Are Having Conversations With Minors That Would Land a Human on the Sex Offender Registry

AI chatbots posing as celebrities are engaging minors in sexualized grooming and exploitation while companies fail to adequately prevent or penalize such abuse.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

California man who posed as fake doctor in child exploitation case pleads guilty

Eric Jacob Layton was arrested in 2023 at his University City home on allegations of posing as a doctor, sports reporter, massage therapist and youth sports modeling agent in order to obtain sexually explicit photographs from minors and arrange in-person meetings with the juveniles, officials said. The FBI said victims who participated in youth sports were primarily targeted and that Layton presented himself as a sports massage therapist named Travis Parkin who specialized in youth athletics, as well as a sports physician named Dr. Alexis Iniesta.
Law
US politics
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Trump's immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online

Refocusing federal law enforcement on immigration is diverting HSI agents and prosecutors from online child sexual exploitation investigations.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

'I want to sneak into your room': Berkeley teacher's alleged grooming of student

A Bayhill High band teacher allegedly exchanged sexually explicit messages, described violent sexual fantasies, met a 16-year-old student, and faces 23 felony charges.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
1 month ago

Gardai search army barracks as part of child sexual exploitation investigation

A member of the Defence Forces has been removed from duty amid a child sexual exploitation investigation.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Rotherham abuse prisoner found guilty of raping another teenager

Sageer Hussain was found guilty of raping another teenager, continuing his pattern of violent sexual crimes amidst ongoing investigations into Rotherham's child exploitation.
Canada news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Police force investigating more than 1,000 grooming gang suspects

Greater Manchester Police is investigating over 1,000 suspects in grooming gang cases, demonstrating improvements in addressing child sexual exploitation.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The Guardian view on violence against women and girls: the grooming gangs inquiry should be part of a wider strategy | Editorial

The focus on child sexual exploitation gangs is long overdue and must prioritize delivering justice.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Key takeaways from grooming gangs report

The report highlights flaws in data collection, stating it is impossible to assess the scale of group-based child sexual exploitation due to under-reporting and inconsistent definitions.
UK news
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Police to reinvestigate child sexual exploitation cases

A national police taskforce will review 287 previously dropped child sexual exploitation cases for potential reopening.
Local inquiries into child sexual exploitation will receive £5 million in funding from the government.
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