GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Joint DHS-DOJ "Operation Protect Our Children" Seizes Website Domains Involved in Advertising and Distributing Child Pornography

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: DHS

16February2011 8:18amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Washington, D.C.—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced the execution of seizure warrants against 10 domain names of websites engaged in the advertisement and distribution of child pornography as part of "Operation Protect Our Children"—a new joint operation between DOJ and DHS’ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to target sites that provide child pornography.

"Each year, far too many children fall prey to sexual predators and all too often, these heinous acts are recorded in photos and on video and released on the Internet," said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. "DHS is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to shut down websites that promote child pornography to protect these children from further victimization."

"For all its positive impact, the Internet has also unfortunately created a new way for child predators to commit their inexcusable crimes," said Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. "The production and distribution of child pornography wreak havoc on innocent lives. With these domain seizures, we are taking our fight against child pornography to websites that facilitate the exchange of these abusive images." (read full report)

 

 

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GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: Philadelphia Man Admits Using Internet to Entice Minors

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: FBI

27January2011 12:27pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:

Jason Betensky, 27, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in Hartford, Connecticut to one count of using the Internet to entice a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.

According to court records, from approximately 2003 to 2007, Betensky was a counselor at a summer camp in North Carolina, where he learned information about the campers. When contacting the campers online, Betensky posed as a young female, sometimes pretending to have met them at camp. He later persuaded some of the campers to engage in sexually explicit conversations and to send him sexually explicit images and videos. (read full report)