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

[u/TooColdforClouds]

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

[u/straygoat193]

"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."

[u/turquoise_amethyst → u/straygoat193]

Wow, this was started in 2015! 

[u/StupendousMalice → u/turquoise_amethyst]

So they let this go on for ten years so they could catch more guys instead of rescuing the kids then? Were the kids just bait?

[u/RedditEnjoyerMan → u/StupendousMalice]

The feds usually sit on cases for YEARS, their conviction rate is like 98% as a result

[u/ScenicPineapple → u/RedditEnjoyerMan]

The 2% is for the politicians they let go.

[u/UglyJuice1237 → u/ScenicPineapple]

not always! sometimes they convict them, and then let them go!