Keep us safe today of all days, Lord. For it is a dark day indeed, but your light is coming over the horizon.

Let's end the solstice with a proper win.

1. Keith Raniere, the co-founder and leader of NXIVM, was sentenced to 120 years in federal prison for sex trafficking, racketeering, and possession of child pornography: https://archive.md/GotAW
2. Springfield, MO, USA - man indicted by federal grand jury on child sex offense charges: https://archive.md/SUpJg
3. Columbia, SC, USA - man arrested on 15 sexual exploitation charges involving minors: https://archive.md/8jce9
4. Shelby County, KY, USA - man arrested on child exploitation charges after joint sting op: https://archive.md/brbhe
5. Loudoun County, VA, USA - a corrections deputy with the sheriffs' office was arrested on two counts of soliciting a minor: https://archive.md/xDNz9
6. Uniontown, PA, USA - a man who rapes four girls to make child porn has been charged with 40 different offenses related to minors: https://archive.md/ZccKa
7. Salt Lake City, Utah - missing girl found in man's basement, he's in custody and she's safe. Interestingly very little detail on who this is or who the man was is provided, but I've done a number of amber alerts over the past few months: https://archive.md/6s4lV
8. San Miguel, CA, USA - a 57 Yr old man sentenced to 30 years for a litany of child abuse offenses: https://archive.md/iGhpT
9. Aurora, NE, USA - man arrested for sex trafficking, but key details under seal: https://archive.md/92gfZ
10. Wyomissing, PA, USA - a pedo was caught in an online sting op: https://archive.md/iEvWN
11. Gainesville, GA, USA 🚨AMBER ALERT🚨 - Police are looking for assistance in finding a missing teenage girl: https://archive.md/BAjR9
12. India - police looking for a missing girl find her, and arrest her two traffickers. They then lead the police to another trafficker with 8 more trafficking victims, and arrest him as well: https://archive.md/Q0sPD
13. India p2 - three arrested for trafficking, teen girl rescued: https://archive.md/FoHUn
14. India p3 - three men in Dhaka being held for human trafficking charges: https://archive.md/7G20J
15. India p4 - start with a bang, end with a BOOM. India's been doing a LOT, but this might start linking details together for the wider networks. Recent investigations in Uttar Pradesh have opened Pandora's Box. The funding for the Indian syndicates is coming to light, and earnings of over 1.5 million USD per year to the international network has been uncovered. The case continues as far as I can tell: https://archive.md/pRu4v

If you see something, say something

US contact details

NCMEC Urgent victim help 24-Hour Hotline: 1-800-843-5678 NCMEC Cybertiplines: https://report.cybertip.org/ or https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline or call 1-800-THE-LOST National Human Trafficking Hotline: 888-373-7888 or humantraffickinghotline.org HSI/ICE toll-free hotline: 1-866-DHS-2ICE | Anonymous toll-free ICE Tip Line: (866) 347-2423 Tip Form: https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form#wcm-survey-target-id

United Kingdom contact details

Urgent: 101 or Contact the Modern Slavery Helpline confidentially: 08000 121700 (24/7) https://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/helplines Children support: 0800 1111 | Adults concerned about a child: 0808 800 5000 | https://www.nspcc.org.uk/ Report CSAM: https://report.iwf.org.uk/en/ | https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/ Scotland Police: https://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/

Interpol, Europol, & EU contact details

Contact Interpol: https://www.interpol.int/Contacts/Contact-INTERPOL https://www.interpol.int/What-you-can-do/If-you-need-help Europol tipline Tel.: +31 70 302 5000 | https://www.europol.europa.eu/report-a-crime EU Hotlines: https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/citizens-corner-national-hotlines/national-hotlines_en

South Africa contact details

South African National Human Trafficking Hotline: 0800222777 | https://0800222777.org.za/

Global contact details

Global: Human Trafficking Hotline Numbers: https://www.abolishion.org/human_trafficking_hotline_numbers Global: List of Emergency Telephone numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers

And as always, Remember - NCSWIC. NOTHING.