Operation Renewed Hope III results in the tentative identification of 386 victims of child sexual exploitation
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Operation Renewed Hope III results in the tentative identification of 386 victims of child sexual exploitation, with over 100 of those children safeguarded.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, worked to identify victims of online child sexual exploitation and abuse during Operation Renewed Hope III, Feb. 24 to March 7.
The operation's 386 leads containing the location and probable identities of children were “generated through sophisticated investigative techniques targeting offenders who operate via the internet, which includes the use of forums, websites, email, chat rooms and file-sharing applications. Leads are compared against images of unidentified children and offenders in Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation Database and then disseminated globally to HSI field offices and 47 partnering countries."
Homeland Security Investigations’ Operation Renewed Hope III consisted of special agents, victim identification specialists, computer forensic analysts, and criminal analysts within HSI who worked side by side with additional partners from the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section; Thomson Reuters Special Services; the FBI and the Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
“International partners included 28 victim identification specialists from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom:
An Garda Siochana, Australian Federal Police, Brazil Federal Police, Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, Department of Internal Affairs-New Zealand, Europol, Federal Police Belgium, Gendarmerie Nationale – France, General Inspectorate of Romanian Police, Guardia Civil – Spain, Hellenic Cyber Crime Division, INTERPOL, Italian State Police - Postal and Cyber Security Police Service, National Crime Agency, NC3 - NCIS Norway, Office Mineurs – France, Police and Border Guard Board of Estonia, Policia Nacional de Colombia, Polícia Judiciária – Portugal, Queensland Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Royal Thai Police, Swedish Police Authority, The State Police of Latvia, Toronto Police Service and Victoria Police."
*Information and quotes from HSI
