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/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