To all frens, I wish you a merry Christmas and a a happy & better New year than last year (granted the bar is very low).

Christmas Eve, 2021

1. Nigeria - within the past two weeks the Nigerian army has been conducting anti human trafficking, anti kidnapping, and anti terror operations, across the country. 53 kidnapping victims rescued, 119 terror/trafficking suspects killed, 66 arrested: https://archive.md/YtF25 and https://archive.md/F8YIA
2. Fairfax County, VA, USA - ten men arrested attempting to solicit sex from minors: https://archive.md/ph9gL
3. Spain - 19 Colombians arrested on sexual exploitation charges: https://archive.md/ef407
4. Columbia - a load of activity leading to 40 arrests across the country, as well as several victims rescued: https://archive.md/tT0bw
5. United Kingdom - 35 year sentence for gang of people smugglers: https://archive.md/BDP8m
6. United Kingdom p2 - civil servant in court for raping a teenager: https://archive.md/ntMQD
7. United Kingdom p3 - pensioner jailed for 15 years over historic child abuse: https://archive.md/FvK6M
8. Lincoln, NE, USA - Nebraskan police arrest 19 sexual predators: https://archive.md/wy0Sw
9. Duval County, FL, USA - girl rescued after being locked in a closet for almost a month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZPnz9R-zvU
10. Richland Hills, TX, USA - 3 victims saved, 2 traffickers arrested: https://archive.md/qz0pC
11. Ohio, USA - US Marshalls arrest man wanted for sexual assault: https://archive.md/FCtrj
12. Green County, MO, USA - doctor associated to a local school arrested on child sex offense charges: https://archive.md/G6ljZ
13. Boston, Mass., USA - man arrested for attempted kidnapping: https://archive.md/wmZ8H
14. Gulf Breeze, FL, USA - man and a woman arrested trying to exploit her daughter: https://archive.md/r16Pc
15. Cleveland, OH, USA - roman Catholic priest defrocked for his crimes against young boys: https://archive.md/jn5Fi
16. New York, NY, USA - a five borough crime sting op nets 6 arrests, including that of an upstate cop: https://archive.md/cuTZk
17. Atlanta, GA, USA - teacher arrested in sting op: https://archive.md/TaI2t
18. Branson, MO, USA - Kanakuk Kamp refused to fire serial child abuser: https://archive.md/tYBu6
19. Lincoln, NE, USA - man faces even more child exploitation charges: https://archive.md/u1gvN
20. Jefferson Parish, LA, USA - "adult baby" arrested for human trafficking: https://archive.md/8vU8w
21. India - three men arrested for human trafficking: https://archive.md/BpInA
22. India p2 - Spa raided, 10 women rescued: https://archive.md/WzFFO
23. India p3 - ongoing Bangladeshi trafficking scandal with added data, the traffic kera caught used tiktok to target victims: https://archive.md/8MSJM
24. India p4 - brothel racket busted, 3 arrests: https://archive.md/l2KOr

ICYMI - the rest of the week

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
16. Dominican Republic - human trafficking ring associated to the truck crash in Mexico has been broken, investigations are still continuing: https://archive.md/adNOG
17. United Kingdom 🚨AMBER ALERT 🚨 - Police seeking information on a missing teen in Yorkshire: https://archive.md/1zMEM
18. Greece - TV comedian accused of releasing sex videos of former partners, odd case of an intensive privacy breach: https://archive.md/R9mZJ
19. Nigeria - 70 cases of human trafficking in a single state (Abia) since June: https://archive.md/4Fi73
20. Canada - RCMP are looking for additional victims of one Paul Atanassov: https://archive.md/JrOTD
21. Del Rio, TX, USA - 5 unaccompanied migrant children discovered by border patrol agents: https://archive.md/FC5jy
22. Del Rio, TX, USA - agents arrest two convicted sex offenders: https://archive.md/P3Hqu
23. McAllen, TX, USA - multiple gang members arrested in a single day: https://archive.md/NmVgo
24. Laredo, TX, USA - 2 stash Houses uncovered and 40 undocumented migrants found in 24 hour span: https://archive.md/CDz46
25. Tuscaloosa, AL, USA - two police officers arrested on sexual assault charges: https://archive.md/OQM84
26. Lee County, MS, USA - man on parole arrested after tip led to an arrest for child sexual abuse and torture statute charges: https://archive.md/ebot4
27. Tucsaloosa, AL, USA - another pedo has been arrested here, this time on child porn charges: https://archive.md/YOqUV
28. Penal County, AZ, USA - roommate of a child's father has been arrested for sexual assault after the child tested positive for an STD: https://archive.md/o3dsZ
29. Oxford, NE, USA - a nebraska man was sentenced to effectively die in prison, with a minimum 176 years behind bars for sexual trafficking of minors and child porn offenses: https://archive.md/wuklt
30. Cook County, IL, USA - 16 arrested in online sting op: https://archive.md/5cSMI
31. Oakland, CA, USA - suspect in a kidnapping case commits suicide: https://archive.md/vSScL
32. Hays, KS, USA - registered sex offender arrested for the rape of a child: https://archive.md/YEbEc
33. Canadaigua, NY, USA - three men caught in online child trafficking sting: https://archive.md/pka4f
34. Milwaukee, WI, USA - 5k reward from the FBI for info leading to the arrest of Adrian Edwards: https://archive.md/yQBX7
35. China - the crackdown on child trafficking here is unexpectedly impressive. Over 8k abducted children have been rescued since November, and over 600 abductors arrested, according to China of course: https://archive.md/SXUfE
36. Floyd County, GA, USA - teacher arrested in sex predator sting op: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htXKbb0TmPM
37. Bellevue, WA, USA - 16 men arrested in undercover prostitution sting: https://archive.md/Q81QJ
38. Salt Lake City, UT, USA - police looking for details on a voyeur who was seen spying on a child: https://archive.md/wI0uQ
39. Springfield, Mass., USA - police are looking for a sex predator accused of child rape and kidnapping: https://archive.md/HAPtL
40. Global - destiny rescue saves 32 victims in one week across 5 countries: https://archive.md/BL4hA
41. USA 🚨AMBER ALERT🚨 - nationwide hunt is on for a missing teenage girl: https://archive.md/0NWye
42. United Kingdom - two men from Norfolk are arrested on modern slavery offences: https://archive.md/yMy28
43. United Kingdom p2 - police officer in court accused of sending nudes to an underage girl: https://archive.md/QQkwc
44. United Kingdom p3 - two traffickers arrested for kidnapping an oprhan to farm cannabis: https://archive.md/X8XA3
45. United Kingdom p4 - traffickers arrested trying to smuggle 69 Albanians into the UK: https://archive.md/UZc5S
46. United Kingdom p5 - Brighton man charged with modern slavery over a teenage girl: https://archive.md/BrBtX
47. United Kingdom p6 - man sentenced for kidnapping and sexual assault: https://archive.md/EgRrG
48. Bell County, TX, USA - two men sentenced for compelling prostitution from a minor: https://archive.md/pKx9p
49. Fairfax County, VA, USA - this one is an on going & evolving issue I've reported on before and looks like it could led to something interesting. a former police chief, recently voted out under a no confidence vote by cops, is now in the frame for allowing human trafficking to go on in and around the DC metro area: https://archive.md/T9YKf
50. Oberlin, KS, USA - child enticement investigation leads to the arrest of one man in his 30s: https://archive.md/zY9ww
51. New Bern, NC, USA - man sentenced to 17.5 years prison for child porn production: https://archive.md/pZKhz
52. Fayettevile, AR, USA - man received a 40 year sentence for trafficking minors: https://archive.md/vlw8F
53. Oakland, CA, USA - four arrested on human trafficking charges after an assault was reported at a hotel: https://archive.md/pd2R8
54. Essex County, NJ, USA - school councilor to be charged with molesting a student: https://archive.md/RZmjz
55. Fairview, TN, USA - Former "teacher of the year" and principal arrested for child rape charges: https://archive.md/jphFX
56. Berea, KY, USA - state police arrested a man on child porn charges: https://archive.md/WJG1X
57. Georgetown County, SC, USA - man charged with soliciting sex from a minor: https://archive.md/CjFF4
58. Polk County, FL, USA 🚨AMBER ALERT🚨 - Police seeking information on whereabouts of a teen girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHXkYGUlJuc
59. Spain - after months of refusal, the Catholic Church has agreed to prove into 80 years of child abuse in Spain: https://archive.md/ofy5G
60. Ephraim, UT, USA - man arrested on an obstruction charge as missing teen found safe, investigation ongoing: https://archive.md/O0UoF
61. Peru - one of those fighting for peru's indigenous population against trafficking mafias was unfortunately shot dead, tribes in uproar: https://archive.md/ZSJnA
62. Floyd County, GA, USA - six men, including a school teacher, arrested as a part of Operation Safe Christmas: https://archive.md/FTUTG
63. Fairview, TX, USA 🚨AMBER ALERT🚨 - Police seeking information on the whereabouts of a missing teen believed to be in danger: https://archive.md/arPh9
64. FL, USA - police offer a 25k reward for info leading to the arrest of a rapist who has assaulted 7 women: https://archive.md/2xJ4A
65. Uganda - thirteen survivors of trafficking step into freedom: https://archive.md/Nk1Ma
66. Council Bluffs, IA, USA - man sentenced to 30 years for human trafficking offenses: https://archive.md/IREE2
67. Miami, FL, USA - man sentenced to 30 years for child trafficking and armed robbery charges: https://archive.md/zaYur
68. England - police constable suspended and charged with online sexual communication with a child: https://archive.md/GUOrh
69. Australia - Sydney man jailed for remotely directing child abuse, child rescued in the Philippines: https://archive.md/5Rssg
70. Australia p2 - 3 West Australia men on trial for child abuse: https://archive.md/a4LvJ
71. Australia p3 - man sentenced in connection to an international child abuse network: https://archive.md/FVoYy
72. Australia p4 - man to appear in court for child abuse material on his phone: https://archive.md/VR3dj
73. Nepal - Destiny rescue help save 45 people from trafficking, including a mother and her child: https://archive.md/Gi4Ul
74. Columbus, Oh, USA - providing tips help people, as shown today when 5 trafficking victims were saved as community aides police. Investigations are ongoing: https://archive.md/TRF3m
75. El Paso, TX, USA - two traffickers arrested, accused of starving those they smuggled: https://archive.md/8ac8I
76. Topeka, KS, USA - two Canadians arrested as police uncover two victims of sex crimes who were infants: https://archive.md/JgOFH
77. Atascadero, CA, USA - so my personal theory of "judge trapping" might be getting some traction if I'm reading this case right. Teacher has almost all of the charges for child porn possession dropped, focusing on over 20 counts of using a minor for a sex act: https://archive.md/mBWRe
78. Jacksonville, FL, USA - man convicted by federal jury of possession of child porn: https://archive.md/iJ1SO
79. Boston, Mass., USA - man pleads guilty to trafficking women for sex after 3 days of his trial: https://archive.md/q5jYm

And as always, Remember: NCSWIC. NOTHING.