'Operation Protect the Innocent' was conducted Sept. 6-12 by personnel from the Los Angeles Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which includes more than five dozen law enforcement agencies, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
141 arrests were made by a five-found enforcement task force targetting internet crimes against children, authorities announced Wednesday.
The task force, led by the LAPD, covers Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and the recent enforcement effort coincided with children's return to school in many jurisdictions, according to the LAPD. "In 2019, the Los Angeles task force ... received 8,525 cyber tip leads online and other sources of suspected child abuse, of child sexual abuse material," Moore said."In 2020 that number had grown to more than 24,000, nearly three times.
The task force receives cyber tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that involve the possession, distribution and manufacturing of child sexual abuse material, and the sexual exploitation of children through the internet.
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