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Gosch: Kids need more protection

Mom shares her story of a missing son as she urges child abuse prevention.

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Noreen Gosch, center, and others gathered recently in West Des Moines where her son Johnny was last seen in 1982. / ANDREA MELENDEZ/THE REGISTER

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Great strides have been made in Iowa and nationally to protect children from kidnappers and other predators, but more needs to be done, Noreen Gosch told more than 100 people Friday at a conference in Des Moines.

Gosch and other advocates shared some sobering facts about child abductions and human trafficking in the U.S. during a daylong Iowa Preventing Child Abuse Conference.

The disappearance of her 12-year-old son Johnny in 1982 captivated the country and Gosch has been working in the 30 years since to improve the response by law enforcement and others once children go missing.

“I vowed my son’s case would not go down as just another tragedy that happened,” she said.

It’s still unclear what exactly happened to Johnny, though Gosch believes his disappearance was the result of organized crime.

“Just because you may not want to believe something doesn’t mean it isn’t true,” she told an audience that included Drew and Heather Collins of Evansdale whose daughter Elizabeth, now 9, and niece Lyric Cook-Morrissey, now 12, have been missing since July 13.

About 800,000 children are reported missing each year, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Of those, 98 percent are recovered, said Bob Lowery, executive director of the missing children division of the center.

He said it is critical to educate children that it is alright to fight back when they are in danger.

Gosch was successful in passing a Johnny Gosch law after her son’s disappearance, which said police did not have to wait a certain time frame before investigating a missing child case.

Now new legislation is being proposed to help alert the public of such a disappearance.

Robin Arnold of Cedar Falls did not know either of the cousins abducted from Evansdale this summer, but she began advocating for changes after hearing the case didn’t meet the criteria for issuing an Amber Alert.

Chuck Hurley, vice president of the Family Leader, a faith-based nonprofit organization in Des Moines, said Iowa made strides earlier this year when stricter human trafficking legislation was signed into law.

The law broadens the definition of the crime to include purchasing “commercial sexual activity” from a victim of human trafficking. It also added that ignorance of a victim’s age is no defense against human trafficking charges and creates a new felony offense for force or recruit of a minor to engage in commercial sexual activity.

Now Hurley said the key is to push the state Department of Public Safety to aggressively investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases.

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FBI - "Safe Online Surfing" - Podcasts and Radio:

Safe Online Surfing

10/19/2012

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Mollie Halpern: The FBI launches a new website where students can learn about cyber safety through games, videos, and other interactive features.

Scott McMillion: It’s a fun learning environment so that they will understand the keys to keeping themselves safe as well as participating in good cyber citizenship.

Halpern: I’m Mollie Halpern of the Bureau, and this is FBI, This Week. The free web-based initiative is called Safe Online Surfing, or SOS. It teaches kids in third through eighth grades how to recognize and respond to online dangers such as cyberbullying, online predators, and identity thieves. Scott McMillion is the unit chief of Violent Crimes Against Children.

McMillion: The FBI Safe Online Surfing initiative is designed to meet all federal and state Internet safety mandates so that students and teachers can use this as part of their curriculum in the classroom.

Halpern: Schools can compete with each other on a national level. Schools with the highest scores will earn an FBI-SOS trophy. To register, visit sos.fbi.gov.

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FBI - North to Alaska Part 2: An Explosive Situation in the Dead of Winter:

The elements can present special challenges for investigators, in this case bomb technicians.

North to Alaska
Part 2: An Explosive Situation in the Dead of Winter

10/18/2012

The call came in to the Anchorage Field Office early on a Sunday morning in January 2010. An explosion had taken place at a Fairbanks residence, and a 21-year-old man had been seriously injured.

After consulting with local authorities on the scene, our weapons of mass destruction (WMD) coordinator and other FBI personnel were not sure if the explosion was related to a drug manufacturing operation or linked to a terrorism threat. But everyone understood that our assistance was required, because the house contained a variety of hazardous, unstable materials.

Members of our Evidence Response Team (ERT), the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), and others from the Anchorage office gathered their equipment and prepared to drive to Fairbanks—365 miles to the north—in the middle of a violent winter storm.

“It was 58 degrees below zero, with high winds, blizzard conditions, and black ice on the highway,” said Special Agent Derek Espeland, the WMD coordinator who is also one of Anchorage’s two special agent bomb technicians.

Based on the description of materials in the house, agents initially thought the man was making methamphetamine—meth labs are an unfortunate reality in many rural communities. The victim, who walked to a nearby fire station despite the sub-zero temperature, was burned and bleeding. He claimed he was building a rocket when it blew up. Before he could be questioned further, he was flown to a burn unit in Seattle for treatment.

After a harrowing drive from Anchorage that took more than seven hours, FBI personnel arrived on scene along with bomb techs from the Air Force and local law enforcement. The meth lab theory was ruled out, “but then you almost had to conclude that the guy could be a terrorist,” Espeland said. “Everything we saw in the house we had seen being used by terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

As it turns out, the 21-year-old was neither a drug maker nor a terrorist. He was just fascinated with explosives and blowing things up. He had legally purchased all his ingredients—of course, our agents didn’t know that at the time. And because the house was a public safety threat, Espeland said, “we couldn’t just walk away.”

To neutralize the threat, it was decided to employ several render-safe techniques using specialized equipment. But that was easier said than done. Robots and other battery-powered equipment were inoperable in the nearly 60-below temperature because the batteries were frozen. Espeland’s evidence camera froze to his face when he tried to take a picture—inside the house. Vehicles had to be kept running for fear they would freeze if turned off, even with warming blankets and engine block heaters. An extension cord designed for extreme cold snapped and disintegrated.

“The cold was drier than anything I ever felt before,” said Vicky Grimes, an ERT member. “It almost took your breath away.”

A command post was established at the nearby fire station, and after a joint effort, the house was finally rendered safe. “Responding to this incident reinforced our understanding that we have to rely on our state and local partners for assistance, just as they rely on us,” said Special Agent Sandra Klein, Anchorage’s JTTF supervisor.

The 21-year-old recovered from his injuries, and—since he had committed no federal crimes—was not charged. “This was a public safety threat that could have been something far more serious,” Espeland said. “That’s why we responded, despite the conditions. That’s what we’re here for.”

Next: A domestic terrorist with a deadly plan.

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About This Series Our field office in Anchorage is the smallest of the FBI’s 56 domestic offices, but its agents are responsible for covering the most territory of any FBI office—an area of more than 600,000 square miles filled with natural beauty and hard-to-reach places. FBI.gov recently visited the Anchorage Division for a firsthand look at how the Bureau fights crime in Alaska.

- Part 1: The Smallest FBI Office Takes on a Big Job- Part 2: An Explosive Threat in the Dead of Winter

Photo GalleryThe Anchorage Division recently sponsored an employee photo contest to showcase Alaska’s natural beauty. These are some of the winning submissions. - View Gallery

Video:  Mary Rook, special agent in charge of the Anchorage Division, talks about the unique challenges of working in the 49th state. “You just have to be open to all that the area has to offer. “- View Video

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Boy Scout files reveal long history of child sex abuse cases:

The Scouts are bracing for a wave of increased scrutiny about the past handling of abuse allegations.

NEW YORK/PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A popular Colorado Boy Scout leader named Floyd Slusher allegedly had a strategy when it came to molesting boys: He first plied his victims with alcohol, then abused them and threatened to kill anyone who talked.

On one occasion in 1976, according to police, Slusher told a Scout as he undressed the child that "what I'm going to do now, if I get arrested, after I get out of jail, I'll come after you and your family."

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It wasn't the first time that he had been accused of abusing a Scout - an investigator later concluded there were too many victims to interview - nor was it the first time that Boy Scouts of America leaders had been told about the alleged assaults.

They had placed Slusher on "probation" four years earlier after he was accused of molesting Scouts at a camp in Germany.

Slusher, who was convicted of sexually abusing a child in 1977, is among those named in 1,247 files on suspected and convicted pedophiles that the Boy Scouts kept from public view until Thursday, when they were released under a judge's order.

The roughly 20,000 pages of files lay bare disturbing incidents of child sexual abuse within one of America's most respected organizations between 1965 and 1985 and illustrate its long struggle to keep pedophiles out of its ranks.

"We failed some of our kids and we have to say we're sorry," Boy Scouts of America President Wayne Perry told Reuters. "There are cases where we failed to live up to our standards, failed to properly document cases, and fell short in other ways."

KEEPING INCIDENTS QUIET

Since at least 1919, the Boy Scouts has maintained the internal files to keep suspected pedophiles from re-entering the organization. But in a number of cases, the files show, the organization failed to take proper steps in suspected cases of abuse.

The organization currently requires even suspected cases of child molestation to be reported immediately to law enforcement officials, conducts criminal background checks, and prohibits one-on-one contact between an adult and a Scout. The group now rigorously trains volunteers and leaders to spot signs of abuse.

Local police were involved in nearly two-thirds of the 1965-1985 cases, according to a recently-released analysis by the Boy Scouts.

But in scores of other cases, local Boy Scout leaders urged accused and admitted pedophiles to quietly resign without notifying authorities, or allowed them to return to scouting after being treated by doctors or clergy.

In one case, the files show that after a volunteer in Texas was expelled when he confessed to molesting Scouts in 1965, a local Scouting official wrote to the national office and said a minister that knew the man "is doing his best to protect Boy Scouting and trying to keep this incident as quiet as possible.

"However, if some parents file charges, of course it will come out into the public."

In 1980, the files show, another Colorado Scout leader was accused of sexually molesting three Scout brothers. He was arrested and charged with sex abuse after the boys' father went to police. Months later, the father learned the man - out on bail - had been allowed to return to Scouting.

"I know that you are concerned about (him) filing a defamation of character suit," the father wrote. But "in my opinion, (the abuse arrest) should be evidence enough to remove a man from Scouting."

In the mid-1970s, an Indiana Scout leader admitted to molesting Scouts and agreed to be treated by a psychiatrist, according to the files. He was allowed to return to Scouting after his psychiatrist and minister said he was "cured."

Years later he admitted to molesting two more Scouts and resigned, according to the files.

Boy Scout officials and attorneys have said the files represent only a tiny fraction of the 1.1 million adult volunteers and leaders who mentor more than three million Scouts annually.

Still, they represent a black eye for the Boy Scouts.

They played a key evidentiary role in a 2010 civil case in which an Oregon jury found the organization liable for $18.5 million for failing to protect a Scout from a pedophile in the 1980s.

An Oregon circuit judge ordered the files released. The state's highest court upheld that order in June, over objections by the Boy Scouts. A similar court fight is unfolding in Texas over Boy Scouts files created from 1985 to 2010.

(Reporting By Chris Francescani and Tereesa Carson; Editing by Paul Thomasch)

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Can you help find these missing Florida kids?

Published  9:54 AM EDT Oct 17, 2012

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 149 children missing within the last five years in Florida. Can you help find them?

ORLANDO, Fla. —

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 149 children missing within the last five years in Florida. Can you help find them?

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Louisiana Man Sentenced - Abuse of a Minor Girl:

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Louisiana Man Sentenced in Virginia to 25 Years in Prison for Filming His Sexual Abuse of a Minor Girl

WASHINGTON – A Louisiana man was sentenced to 25 years in prison this morning in Lynchburg, Va., federal court, after previously pleading guilty to recording his sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl and related offenses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia Timothy J. Heaphy.
Gregory Thomas Miller, 57, of Deville, La., pleaded guilty on April 27, 2012, to a 10-count indictment charging him with seven counts of production of child pornography, one count of transporting child pornography, one count of possessing child pornography and one count of marijuana possession.  Today’s sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon.

According to court documents, Miller repeatedly sexually abused a 14-year-old girl and filmed numerous incidents of the abuse during a several month period in 2008.  In October 2010, the defendant’s car was stopped by National Park Service (NPS) rangers at a DUI checkpoint in Virginia.  The defendant was in the car with the girl he had abused.  NPS Rangers quickly determined that a missing persons/runaway report for her had been recorded with the National Crime Information Center.

A search of the car revealed, among other things, a laptop computer, a digital camera and marijuana.  Forensic examination of the laptop revealed video clips of the 2008 abuse.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Moon sentenced Miller to serve a lifetime of supervised release.  Miller will also be required to register as a sex offender.

This case was investigated by the NPS and the FBI, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nancy S. Healey and Trial Attorney Darcy Katzin of the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section.

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India’s Missing Children, By the Numbers:

By Shreya Shah

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Street children in Mumbai, Nov.13, 2010.

In India, a child goes missing every eight minutes, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau.

Almost 40% of those children haven’t been found.

That calculation was based on the Aug. 8 response by Jitendra Singh, minister of state for home affairs, to a question posed in the Rajya Sabha, Parliament’s upper house. He said almost 60,000 children in 2011 were reported missing from a total of 28 states and union territories according to the NCRB. Of these more than 22,000 are yet to be located.

West Bengal had the highest number of missing children with more than 12,000 missing in 2011. Madhya Pradesh was next with 7,797 cases while Delhi had 5,111 cases. These are the cases reported. The following states didn’t report any, which experts say is not credible: Maharashtra, Odisha, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab.

Some children are abandoned by families who can’t take care of them because of a lack of money. Some run away to escape abuse or unhappy homes. Some are lost, mostly when families travel, according to research by Childline, a 24-hour national helpline for children in distress.

Rakesh Senger, who helps rescue and rehabilitate missing children through the NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan, estimates only 50% of missing children are reported to the NCRB.

One of the main reasons for the high number of missing children is that the law on missing children in India is inadequate, say experts.

There is no legal definition of a missing child, and each state follows its own rules, says Mr. Senger.

Kidnapping is by far the highest reported crime against children. There were a total of 33,098 crimes reported against kids in 2011, up 24% from 2010, according to a reportissued in September by the social statistics division of the Indian government.

In 2011, 15,284 cases of kidnapping were reported; a 43% increase from 2010.  These numbers include kidnapping children for exporting to other countries, abducting kids for ransom or forcing them to beg.

Separately, according to the report, 3,517 incidents of child trafficking were recorded in 2011. This includes buying and selling of girls for prostitution, child marriage and trafficking children for the illegal transplantation of organs.

The report also states that India has the largest number of child laborers under the age of 14 in the world.  Even though Indian law prohibits children below the age of 14 from working, 12.66 million children work as child laborers, according to the data.

Of those, 21% of these children are employed in cigarette and bidi factories, 17% in construction and 15% as domestic workers. Others work as rag pickers, agricultural workers and in industries like fireworks and carpet weaving.

“Nearly 85% of child laborers in India are hard-to-reach, invisible and excluded, as they work largely in the unorganized sector,” the government report states. Also, many missing children are never brought to the notice of the police, especially those in the commercial sex trade, say experts.

Part of the reason India has so many missing children, experts say, is how their cases are treated by law-enforcement authorities.

The police in India, barring a few states, do not register first information reports – the first step to an investigation — for missing children. So no formal case is even filed. They only make an entry into the list of missing persons at the police station where the child is reported missing so in-depth investigations are rare.

In Mumbai, for instance, a photo of the missing child is sent to police stations all over the city and police keep a lookout. But, there is no investigation of a crime unless the person who reports the child missing asks the police to file a case of kidnapping.

In Delhi, the law is slightly more robust: After 24 hours, if a child is not found, a case of kidnapping has to be filed by the police. This change came after a series of murders in Noida, a Delhi suburb, including those of eight children.

The police in some regions have also begun a database for missing children, likezipnet.in.

But experts say it isn’t enough.

There is a “lack of inter-state cooperation” and a need for an “integrated country-wide database” for missing children, says Mr. Senger.

If a child is reported lost in one state but has been trafficked to another state, there is no mechanism to ensure that the child will be searched for countrywide, he explains.

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Missing teens may be Myrtle Beach bound:

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Two North Carolina teens who have been missing since Friday may be headed to Myrtle Beach and police are asking for help finding the duo.
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The Catawba County Sheriff's Office confirms it is looking for two high school students, and both families are extremely worried about their well being.

Jake Ziegler, 18, and Ray Pierce, 17, attend Bandys High School. Ziegler's sister, Jackie, says the two friends were headed to Myrtle Beach and the last phone call from the pair came in around 3 a.m. Saturday from the Rock Hill area. Jackie says she hopes police will take her case seriously, because it is unlike her younger brother, Jake to not contact her.

"I understand the statistics and I understand that but this is not my brother. And there's no chance in hell he would go this far without contacting me," Jackie Ziegler said, "there is no activity on their cell phones, on their debit cards. We don't believe they have any cash with them. They have one Shell card for gas and they can use it for food. However, I can't trace it until Monday morning."

Myrtle Beach Police Captain David Knipes said the city is a magnet for runaway teens and people looking for a hide-out.  But, he added, missing juveniles does not go unnoticed. Knipes said a special group of officers make up a juvenile department, specializing in locating missing persons.

"They'll take the flyers and literally canvas door to door and ocean boulevard, hand out the flyers to the different hotels and see if somebody might have seen these people to give them that extra little help," Knipes said, "they're just an anonymous face. With Myrtle Beach having such a high transient population with people coming in for a weekend or a week at a time there's different faces all the time so they can just blend in a lot easier."

Dozens of family and friends drove down I-77 to Columbia Monday morning to see if they could locate the car the teens were driving. Ziegler says they are looking for a 2006 Green Pontiac G-6 with NC plates BBD-8844. Ziegler's dad drove to Myrtle Beach and rented a helicopter to survey the area and surrounding areas. As of Monday evening, their search left them empty-handed.

On Monday, both boys' families publicly urged them to go home.

"You are not in trouble. Our hearts are broken. I will not stop at anything until he is home. And I mean it. If he doesn't want us to find him, I'm gonna find him. We're waiting here with open arms and we're gonna do whatever it takes because that's what family does and that's what family's for," Jackie Ziegler said.

"You have two sisters. You have a family that loves you, that's concerned, that wants you home safe. Please come home if you're listening to this," Pierce's mother Wendy Pierce said.

If you see the teens, or the vehicle they are reportedly driving, please call Myrtle Beach Police at 843-918-1300.

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Preventing teen prostitution a focus of convention:

Preventing teen prostitution a focus of convention:

WICHITA, Kansas -- Hundreds of police, prosecutors, and social workers are looking for ways to prevent teens from being prostituted by pimps at a conference at Century II.

The annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect runs through Wednesday.

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One of the topics they're focusing on this year is human trafficking.

Runaway teenage girls can often find themselves forced into a life of drugs and prostitution.

"Anytime we have one child involved in this is way too many," said Lt. Jeff Weible, a detective who works for the exploited and missing children's unit of the Wichitapolice.

In 2010 under Steve Six, the state Attorney General's office created an advisory board to study the issue with the goal of bringing authorities and social workers together to get teens the help they need.

"They have housing needs, they have mental and emotional health needs, there's also a case that needs to be prosecuted and as a social worker, I can't do all that," said Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurn.

Experts say girls coming from homes broken by domestic abuse are more likely to be victims of teen trafficking. The majority of girls used by pimps are runaways.

With more training and a better understanding of the warning signs, authorities hope to do more to prevent trafficking.

More than 600 people are expected to attend the three-day conference at Century II.

Among the topics featured at the conference are foster care, internet safety, and law enforcement protocol.

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FBI - New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students:

The FBI SOS site highlights cyber security through games, videos, and other interactive features.

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New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students

10/15/12

With school back in session, one topic that’s on many class curriculums around the nation is cyber safety. After all, it’s a hyper-connected world—with texting, social networking, e-mail, online gaming, chat, music downloading, web surfing, and other forms of wired and wireless communication now a regular part of children’s lives.

The FBI has a new program that can help. Today, as part of its longstanding crime prevention and public outreach efforts, the FBI is announcing a free web-based initiative designed to help teachers educate students about cyber safety.

	SOS Topics After entering the FBI-SOS website, students “travel” to their grade-specific island, which includes either seven or eight learning portals to visit. These areas address topics such as the protection of personal information, password strength, cell phone safety, social networking, and online gaming safety. The videos also include real-life stories of kids who have faced cyber bullies and online predators. Visit SOS.

It’s called the FBI-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge—and it was developed with the assistance of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and with the input of teachers and schools.

FBI-SOS is available through a newly revamped website at https://sos.fbi.gov. The site features six grade-specific “islands”—for third- through eighth-grade students—highlighting various aspects of cyber security through games, videos, and other interactive features. Each island has either seven or eight areas to explore—with a specific cyber safety lesson—and its own central character and visual theme. For example, fourth grade features Ice Island, complete with falling snow and penguins.

To encourage participation and enhance learning, FBI-SOS includes both testing for students and competition among schools. Each grade level has its own exam, which can only be taken after teachers have signed up their respective classes and all activities on the island have been completed by each student. And once all the exams for a class are graded (done electronically by the FBI), schools appear on a leader board in three categories based on the number of total participants. During each rating period, top scoring schools in each category nationwide are awarded an FBI-SOS trophy and, when possible, receive a visit from a local FBI agent. All public, private, and home schools are eligible to participate.

For teachers and schools, FBI-SOS provides virtually everything they need to teach good cyber citizenship:

• A free, ready-made curriculum that meets state and federal Internet safety mandates (see sidebar for topics covered);
• Age-appropriate content for each of the six grade levels;
• A printable teacher’s guide that spells out how teachers can sign up their classes and use the site; and
• Detailed rules and instructions for students.

	Child ID App The Safe Online Surfing (SOS) website is the second tool the FBI has launched over the past year to help protect kids. The other—the FBI Child ID app—provides an easy way for parents to use their smartphones to store pictures and information on their kids in case they go missing. Learn More

Can anyone visit the website? Absolutely. Kids of all ages—and even adults—can explore the site, play the games, watch the videos, and learn all about cyber safety. However, the exam can only be taken by third- to eighth-grade students whose classes have been registered by their teachers.

An important note: the FBI is not collecting student names, ages, or other identifying information through the website. Students are identified only by number when taking the exams; their teachers alone know which number matches which student. And teachers only need to provide their name, school, and e-mail address when signing up. The e-mail address is needed to verify the teacher’s identity for registration purposes.

“FBI-SOS is a fun, free, and effective way to teach kids how to use the Internet safely and responsibly,” says Scott McMillion, head of the unit that manages the program in the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “We encourage teachers to check out the site and sign up their classes during the school year.”

Visit the site at https://sos.fbi.gov.

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