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SENTENCE GIVEN TO FONTANA, CALIFORNIA MAN FOR SEX TRAFFICKING OF GIRL HE MET ONLINE This is a local case of a 42 year old man who met a 15-year-old girl online. She initially lied about her age but he acknowledged that he knew she as a minor and liked that. She borrowed a friends phone and later arranged to meet up with him twice, taking her from the Inland Empire (California) to Santa Barbara. He...

WHY WOULD GOV. NEWSOM WANT TO SIGN CALIF. SB357 LEGISLATION TO BASICALLY LEGALIZE STREET PROSTITUTION? The Superbowl brings lots of hype about sex trafficking.  It is good that we have awareness to the fact that large scale events attract all kinds of people including sex buyers and sex sellers. It is also interesting that the Superbowl this year is being held in Los Angeles, one of the large...

CASE STUDY: FOREIGN NATIONAL VICTIMS TRAFFICKED IN A STRING OF BROTHELS - DEFENDENTS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING, TAX FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING California Attorney General Bonta secures guilty pleas in statewide sex trafficking bust. Jing Chiang Huang, "aka Lili" pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison.  She was ordered to pay $557,391 in restitution to the California Fran...

Federal Reserve Begins Discussing “Government Digital Currency” | Informing America The U.S. Government announced this week that they are exploring the possibility of issuing a Government digital currency with many corporations and agencies including big tech companies.  Currently crypto currencies like Bitcoin are used in online video gaming,  the pay per view porn industry and other on...

LA County Sheriff says Super Bowl draws human traffickers – Daily News Sex Trafficking Bust During Super Bowl Week In Tampa Results In Record Arrests – CBS Tampa Man gets 25 years for sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl - ABC News Superbowl 2022 is upon us, and the subject of human trafficking connected to the event is already being publicized. Today the headline reads “LA County Sheriff says Super...

For many years, Million Kids has been combating child exploitation including sex trafficking, sextortion, social media exploitation and child pornography.  In the course of that work, we have met an exceptional private investigator that is passionate about helping parents and young people that may be at risk. For many parents, a private investigator is a critical resource to gain insight into...

This case is an important reminder that all pimps do not look like a 20 something gang guy.  And all grooming and seduction does not look the same. Ratliff was convicted of six counts of human trafficking and one count of distribution of a controlled substance to a minor. For a period of over seven years,  Ratliff owned a restaurant and rental properties where he would provide conduct pa...

Michael Stephen Autry and six others sentenced for administrating a child pornography ring using Kik Messenger. Autry was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography.  Autry created a group called "Taboo Train 2.0" using the Kik Messenger app. Autry told the group it was meant for members to share pic and videos of all things taboo, incest, young...

With so many kids online due to distance learning and the age of the kids using the Internet is getting younger and younger, sextortion (black mail with a photo) and social media exploitation is being a global pandemic.  Most kids believe it will never happen to them or if it does they will be able to identify a predator before they become exploited. It simply does not happen that way.  ...

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GENERATED THROUGH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO? California AG, authorities announce sentence for defendants in major retail crime case in San Mateo County | KRON4 Five people charged with conspiracy, organized retail theft, possession of stolen property, and charging enhancements for aggravated white-collar crime. Mass theft of over $8 million dollars in over-t...

Thanksgiving and Christmas time often brings our life into perspective.  We might find ourselves looking at what is important in our lives. We recently saw a poem that was forwarded to us by an old friend.  It is called "Winter of my Life". It reminds us all of how finite our lives are and how critical it is to live a life of gratitude. Granny&Grampsplace: Winter of my Life This poem...

California has passed and implemented a wide of legislative reforms that seem to be have a vastly negative  impact on crime and community safety.  Starting with Prop 47 and 57 which has resulted in emptying out our prisons and letting sex offenders out early.  These bills redefined "violent" crimes in the California Penal code and the result is that even human trafficking of a child...

There is much publicity these days regarding the crimes of sex trafficking and sextortion (blackmail with a photo).  These crimes often take place in the shadows and are hard to identify.  Even more concerning for parents are what signs should they look for if they believe a loved one is being trafficked.  Especially if that loved one is a minor. This weeks show we will discuss in d...

This case begins with 39 yr old Joshua Henry Punt who lives in Washington State. He is charged with : · PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY · ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR · DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY · ADVERTISEMENT OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Mr Punt was a serial sextortionist with 8 young female victims ranging from 12 yrs to 16 yrs old. The victims were from all over the U.S. Mr. Punt used Kik and Snapcha...

Brendan Eardly was a convicted sex offender at the time of his arrest for online sexual exploitation of nearly 60 young males across the U.S.  Recently, Eardly was sentenced to 29 years in prison for soliciting and producing child pornography from teenage boys on social media. Many people think that online social media exploitation is mainly focused on girls but truthfully, males are also oft...

Over the many years that Million Kids has worked with families and kids who have been victimized through online sexual exploitation or have become victims of sextortion or sex trafficking we have observed many indicators in behavior that made a person more likely to be a victim of exploitation or not. The one key insulator that seems to protect naïve and perhaps risk-taking young people is charact...

CALIFORNIA'S SENATE BILL 357 HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY AND NOW ON GOV. NEWSOM'S DESK FOR SIGNING Hosts: Opal Singleton and Nancy Aguirre California SB 357 is a very controversial bill that is now on Gov. Newsom's desk for signing. The bill is called "The California Safe Streets Act".  The bill was authored by Sen. Weiner and is focused on redefining California Penal Code in the defin...

**HEADLINE:  Former California Youth Soccer Coach Faces Child Pornography Charges, Feds say. Mark Phillip Oster – 62 (Huntington Beach, CA), Ex-Referee and Coach, American Youth Soccer Organization Four count Indictment for distributing, possessing and producing child pornography. Subsequent evidence was uncovered that indicated Oster had engaged in illegal conduct with minors. Contact: FBI’s...

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center warns about a huge increase in the number of cases involving children and teens being threatened and coerced by adults into sending explicit images on line.  According to the report, most victims report that the initial contact with the perpetrator is mutual after meeting on a dating website and chatroom apps.  Very quickly the perpetrator starts t...

There is so much going on in the world that feels out of control.  The situation in Afghanastan, Hurricanes, Fires, political unrest, changes in school policies, and now California is on the verge of passing SB357 which will make it so law enforcement cannot intervene in case of loitering for the purposes of prostitution.  It is hard not to feel overwhelmed. I believe that never before i...

THE DARK NET BULLETPROOF HOSTING VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS Have you ever wondered how law enforcement investigates crimes in the underworld? This week Opal takes you on a journey of understanding how the Dark Net is different than the Surface Web and "where naked photos go when you hit send".  We will explore how cartels and pedophiles have moved off shore using heavily encrypted technology to...

Our guest is Jeremy Kraus sharing about the upcoming Thrive Justice School which they are holding August 27, 28 and 29 in Rancho Cucamonga, California.  This is a kind of "boot camp" for individuals seeking to be trained in sex and labor trafficking, sextortion, social media exploitation and combating CSAM (child pornography).    The event features national experts from across the c...

Quietly making it's way through California legislative process is a bill that will legalize street prostitution.  Few people are aware of how drastically this will change our communities and our lives.  Million Kids predicts that it will drastically increase the number of sex trafficking victims as pimps and organized crime will bring thousands of people to California to make money. &nbs...

There is a bill making its way through California legislation that will legalize street prostitution in California and even more concerning, allow those previously convicted of prostitution or related offenses to have their sentences overturned or dismissed. Almost no one seems to be aware of SB 357 which has passed the Senate and is in the final stages of a vote in the State Assembly. The fact th...

This is the continuing series of case analysis involving violent gang members who exploit women and control them through violence.  This case is about Dominic Cunningham, a violent pimp who was sentenced on three counts involving forced prostitution.  Cunningham controlled his victim by kicking, hitting  and whipping her with a belt and threatening to kill her and her family. This c...