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A Chicago policeman, previously charged with sexually abusing a minor, is facing more charges in a case involving several victims.

A federal judge sentenced a Honduran man who later became a naturalized U.S. citizen to serve more than ten years in prison following his guilty plea on charges related to the possession of child pornography and conspiracy to commit human smuggling. Border Patrol agents arrested the man and an alleged conspirator in April 2021 near the U.S.-Canada border in Burke, New York, after finding him with a group of Vietnamese migrants who had crossed the border illegally.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers interdicted a human smuggling attempt near Bracketville and found a migrant with child pornography on his cell phone. This is the second bust in as many days of migrants illegally in the United States being busted by Texas troopers with child porn on their cell phones.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested a Mexican national for allegedly smuggling a group of migrants across the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. The agents later reported finding child pornography in his cell phone. He now faces multiple criminal charges in a Texas court.

A transgender Democrat former New Hampshire state lawmaker allegedly conspired with his ex-girlfriend to obtain sexually explicit images of children.

Following reports of child exploitation and grooming across the service, Discord, the widely-used gaming chat platform, has announced sweeping changes to its policies. The new rules include a ban on teen dating and AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

The BBC said Sunday that it has suspended an unnamed male presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos.

“Uncensored” AI chatbots being used by pedophiles to generate child pornography and graphic sexual abuse fantasies. The FBI warns of a spike in internet predators using open-source AI tech to create  “sexually-themed images that appear true-to-life.”

In the wake of growing concerns over child exploitation on the popular gaming chat platform Discord, CEO Jason Citron has voiced his alarm and commitment to tackling the issue. Discord has long been recognized as a troubling vector for groomers and sexual deviants to reach children and teens.

A teacher in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, who allegedly targeted teenage girls by setting up fake profiles to lure them into sending naked photos is now facing charges.

Facebook (now known as Meta) has pledged to intensify its efforts to combat the promotion of pedophilia content on its Instagram platform. This commitment comes in the wake of a disturbing report that revealed Instagram’s algorithm was aiding the spread of child pornography and pedophilia accounts.

Instagram, the globally popular social media platform owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook (now known as Meta), has failed to stop the connection and promotion of a vast network of accounts involved in the creation and purchase of child pornography, according to recent investigations by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Child Pornography dealers on Instagram are so brazen that they offer a “menu” of services directly on Zuckerberg’s platform.

An illegal alien from China has been indicted after crossing the United States-Mexico border allegedly with child pornography on his cellphone, according to federal prosecutors.

Socialist Spain is leading the way in attempts to ban private messaging technology in the European Union, a leaked survey revealed.

Victims of a child pornography ring in Michigan were allegedly fed THC-laced gummies by suspects so that they could not resist, according to Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson.

A former MP serving in a former Labour Party government has been jailed after being found with nearly 1,500 images of child porn.

A study by the Internet Watch Foundation found that online predators are targeting children’s webcams, and that since 2019, there has been a tenfold increase in sexual abuse imagery created via webcams and other recording devices worldwide. 

Officials with the Plainview, Texas, Independent School District announced they are working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies regarding the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old girl in an elementary school. An IT staff member reportedly discovered a video of the attack on a school iPad.

A journalist arrested on charges of child pornography was reportedly aware of the age of a teenager with whom he was communicating.

The former marketing director of a Planned Parenthood in Connecticut committed suicide days after police raided his apartment as part of a child pornography investigation.

An Anglican vicar who smoked crystal meth, boasted of corrupting young boys, abused animals, and discussed sacrificing babies to Satan with online paedophiles has been convicted in England. 

A 34-year-old California man is accused of having hundreds of child pornography images after his wife discovered a hidden camera in their home’s guest bathroom earlier this month.

A Spanish juvenile prosecutor has linked the consumption of pornography to a rise in sex attack cases among Spanish youth, claiming perpetrators use porn as a tutorial.

The disgraced former College Park mayor arrested on dozens of child porn-related charges has been photographed with multiple congressional Democrats, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and has been a frequent donor to Maryland Democrats’ campaigns.

A Pennsylvania school employee is facing 74 child pornography charges after an 11-year-old student reportedly received gifts from a “secret admirer.”

Australia’s ABC News on Wednesday published a disturbing report that found “online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines” more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdowns — and “many of the predators are Australians.”

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reportedly mentored the disgraced former College Park, Maryland, mayor facing 56 child porn-related charges, and according to the accused, the pair even enjoyed a beer together.

The mayor of College Park, Maryland, Patrick Wojahn, was arrested Thursday on 56 child pornography possession and distribution charges.

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Tom Homan told members of Congress the Biden administration’s border policies allow the trafficking of children to pedophiles.

According to a recent New York Times investigation, despite Elon Musk’s promise to remove child porn from Twitter, calling it “priority #1,” the company has actually fired staff dealing with the issue, stopped paying for important abuse material detection software, and the platform still hosts countless images and videos of child abuse material, with its algorithm even suggesting it to users.

Police in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States coordinated to arrest several administrators and programmers linked to three darknet child pornography websites with thousands of active users.

Federal authorities arrested former ABC News journalist James Gordon Meek on Tuesday on charges related to possession of child pornography.

An investigation into a suspected paedophile ring within London’s Metropolitan Police force has taken a dark turn, with one of the suspects found dead the day he was due to be charged.

Details have emerged about the gay couple in Georgia who allegedly sodomized their adopted sons and used them to make child porn, according to an investigation.

An actor who stars in the Oscar-hopeful movie Corsage has been charged with possession of child pornography and is expected to plead guilty.

A 23-year-old Florida man previously charged with possession of child porn now faces more than 1,000 additional charges.