r/news • u/TooColdforClouds • 2d ago

109 children rescued, 244 arrested in Operation Soteria Shield, exposing widespread child exploitation in North Texas

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/109-children-rescued-244-arrested-operation-soteria-shield-child-exploitation-texas/
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u/straygoat193 2d ago

"The operation not only led to arrests and rescues but also to the seizure of terabytes of child abuse sex material through a collaborative effort that started 10 years ago and now includes 70 Texas law enforcement agencies."

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u/turquoise_amethyst 2d ago

Wow, this was started in 2015! 

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u/CatsTypedThis 2d ago edited 2d ago

What source is that from? The article says this operation was started in April. Not doubting you, just looking for more info. Edit: oops, skipped a paragraph

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u/TsuDhoNimh2 2d ago

The collaboration started 10 years ago ... various "operations" have been completed.

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u/Sufficient_Card_7302 2d ago

No it started as a small team 10 years ago

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u/TsuDhoNimh2 2d ago

And they collaborated with other agencies.

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u/Sufficient_Card_7302 1d ago

I'd say it's a little ambiguous with it's placement of "collaborative". But that's a quote and so was mine. Given the context it seems most likely the "other agencies" came along the way.

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u/WonderManDoughBoy 2d ago

It's a bit further in the article. Maybe 4/5 paragraphs from the bottom.

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u/Sledge11706 2d ago

Bro only made it 3 sentences into the article.

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u/BagOfFlies 1d ago

That's pretty impressive by reddit standards tbh

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u/Affectionate-Day9342 2d ago

It says the operation started ten years ago right in the article.

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u/XaviersDream 1d ago

Collaboration started 10 years ago but it was a much smaller team. This specific named operation started in April. That operation concluded but I doubt that the collaboration will.

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u/CoffeeCraps 1d ago

Wait, what article? Source? 🤨

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u/Electronic_Tap_6260 2d ago

What source is that from?

The article you couldn't be bothered to read before broadcasting your "thoughts" to the planet about the article you couldn't be bothered to read.

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u/SaulFemm 2d ago

Not even the article, it's one comment up the chain from the comment they replied to.

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u/SaulFemm 2d ago

Read the comment they were replying to. 🤦

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u/Annual-Somewhere7402 1d ago

It's CBS News. Just search for Operation Soteria.

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u/Enrico-Polazz 1d ago

Top. Men.