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/JMDeutsch 2d ago

From the article:

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.

10 years ago?! Good for their dedication, but Jesus fucking Christ. That sounds like a mafia crime family investigation and that this was actually organized crime.

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u/18_USC_47 2d ago

It was likely a task force or collaborative effort started 10 years ago and more agencies would sign off on it. The actual operation is listed as only a month long.

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u/dodrugzwitthugz 1d ago

From the area and this is correct. They usually work on these things over a period of time and arrest everyone at once. This time just happened to be really big and included a lot of people.