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Law enforcement agencies announced charges against dozens of North Texans as part of a month-long investigation designed to rescue children who are the victims of online sexual exploitation.
The investigation, called Operation Janus, sought out people who were trafficking illegal images & videos of children who were forced to perform sexual acts.
The victims in the operation are as young as infants, according to investigators.
A detective says this started after companies like Google & Facebook flagged the inappropriate material.
It resulted in more than 80 criminal charges filed against 59 offenders from Jan. 16 to Feb. 10.
Law enforcement groups say over the course of the operation, 28 children were rescued from online sexual abuse & investigators seized terabytes of data & electronic devices used in the crimes.
Among those charged are Jesse McFall, who worked for Dallas Fire-Rescue, Brandon Froning, who taught at Parish Episcopal & Michael A. Newhouse, Jr., who worked as a substitute teacher for McKinney ISD.
"The people charged as a result of this operation preyed upon some of our most vulnerable, our children," said Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia in a statement. "We will never stop working to identify, locate & apprehend these predators to make our community safer for our children."
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Source: Fox4
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