A reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Details:
Jabez Spann, who is believed to have witnessed a murder, was last seen at a memorial for the victim on September 4, 2017, on 22nd Street and Palamadelia Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The circumstances concerning the nature of Spann's disappearance remain unclear.
Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review
In any country, the law is a powerful weapon in the fight against child pornography.*
We conduct extensive research into laws that exist around the world to better understand how countries deal with a problem of enormous magnitude and harm to children.
Since 2006, we have tallied the presence – and absence – of adequate anti-child pornography law in 196 countries. We have analyzed the strengths and shortcomings of the laws that do exist, and, based on the results of that intensive effort, we have developed model legislation that can be adopted and adapted as needed to be effective in any society or culture.
127countries have refined or implemented new anti-child pornography laws since 2006.
Our groundbreaking report, Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review, first released in April 2006, is now in its 8th Edition. Our study of national legislation looks to see which countries:
Generally outlaw child pornography;
Define what “child pornography” is;
Criminalize computer‐facilitated offenses;
Ban possession of child pornography, regardless of the intent to distribute;
Require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to report suspected child pornography to law enforcement or to some other agency; and
Require ISPs to develop and implement data retention and preservation provisions.
Press Conference Marking the Release of Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review (April 2006)
In addition to a legislative review, the report offers a “menu of concepts” that countries can consider when drafting anti-child pornography legislation. Key topics covered include:
Definitions;
Offenses;
Mandatory Reporting;
Data Retention and Preservation; and
Sanctions and Sentencing.
Ten years ago, our first report revealed a dismaying prospect: Only 27 countries had enacted legislation sufficient to combat child pornography offenses. Since then, the situation has improved. Our most recent report, published in early 2016, finds that 82 countries have in place legislation deemed sufficient to combat child pornography.
35countries still have no anti-child pornography legislation.
However, a great deal of work remains to be done. 35 countries still do not have legislation that deals specifically with child pornography. Of the 79 countries that do have some legislation in place, 60 of them do not define child pornography specifically; 26 do not deal with computer-based offenses; 50 do not criminalize possession without regard to intent to distribute; and 79 have data retention legislation in place to ensure access by law enforcement to user data needed to investigate and prosecute online criminal activity.
Want to learn more? The 8th Edition of Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review is currently available in English; the 7th Edition is available in Arabic, Russian and Spanish; the 6thedition is available in French, Korean, Portuguese, and Thai.
*We refer to this heinous crime against children as “child pornography” because it is the expression most readily recognized by the public, and most commonly used in legislation. Globally, sexually exploitive images of child victims are increasingly referred to as “child abuse material.”
The reasons why Trinity Mount Ministries posts international missing children cases:
A significant number of people connected to Trinity Mount Ministries, by design, are located in other countries, outside of the United States. This includes law enforcement agencies and personnel, child advocates, organizations and individuals.
Because of human trafficking and child sex trafficking, as well as parental and/or family abductions, the missing children could be anywhere on the planet, as well as down the street, blocks away, in the city or town they live in, in the state and country where they live or other countries.
Parental Abductions
Some have said, "At least they're with their parent(s)."
Response: Just because they (the abducted children) are in the company of their parents doesn't mean they (the children) are automatically safe and that the parents
have the child's and/or children's best interest in mind. Many times there have been parental abduction cases where the children are abused and/or murdered. It would be hard to justify parental abductions, based on what happens in many cases.pp
Child sex trafficking rings work internationally, cartel to cartel, from country to country. Children could be trafficked to the United States from other countries, just as children from the United States could be trafficked to other countries. This is an international problem that includes the United States. Trinity Mount Ministries shares in the global concern for all missing and exploited children.
In short, abducted children can be moved to any place on this planet by their abductors. Whether stranger, acquaintance, family or parental abductions, it should be assumed that the children are in immediate danger.
So, this is why Trinity Mount Ministries posts international missing children cases as well as local, regional and national cases.
Brett Fletcher, MHRS, MS.Psy, Th.G, founder of Trinity Mount Ministries
Everyone has a role to play in combating human trafficking. Recognizing the signs of human trafficking is the first step to identifying a victim. Our resources page has materials for a more in-depth human trafficking education and a catalog of materials that can be distributed and displayed in your community.
Do not at any time attempt to confront a suspected trafficker directly or alert a victim to your suspicions. Your safety as well as the victim’s safety is paramount. Instead, please contact local law enforcement directly or call the tip lines indicated on this page:
Call 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (1-866-347-2423) to report suspicious criminal activity to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tip Line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The Tip Line is accessible outside the United States by calling 802-872-6199.
Submit a tip at www.ice.gov/tips. Highly trained specialists take reports from both the public and law enforcement agencies on more than 400 laws enforced by ICE HSI, including those related to human trafficking.
To get help from the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH), call 1-888-373-7888 or text HELP or INFO to BeFree (233733). The NHTH can help connect victims with service providers in the area and provides training, technical assistance, and other resources. The NHTH is a national, toll-free hotline available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. The NHTH is not a law enforcement or immigration authority and is operated by a nongovernmental organization funded by the Federal government.
By identifying victims and reporting tips, you are doing your part to help law enforcement rescue victims, and you might save a life. Law enforcement can connect victims to services such as medical and mental health care, shelter, job training, and legal assistance that restore their freedom and dignity. The presence or absence of any of the indicators is not necessarily proof of human trafficking. It is up to law enforcement to investigate suspected cases of human trafficking.
Learn more about HSI investigations and the victims HSI has assisted from the ICE Newsroom.
Young occupants of Casa Padre, an immigrant shelter for unaccompanied minors, in Brownsville, Tex., on June 14. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Reuters)
Laura Bush is a former first lady of the United States.
On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents. In the six weeks between April 19 and May 31, the Department of Homeland Security has sent nearly 2,000 children to mass detention centers or foster care. More than 100 of these children are younger than 4 years old. The reason for these separations is a zero-tolerance policy for their parents, who are accused of illegally crossing our borders.
I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart.
Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso. These images are eerily reminiscent of the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history. We also know that this treatment inflicts trauma; interned Japanese have been two times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease or die prematurely than those who were not interned.
Americans pride ourselves on being a moral nation, on being the nation that sends humanitarian relief to places devastated by natural disasters or famine or war. We pride ourselves on believing that people should be seen for the content of their character, not the color of their skin. We pride ourselves on acceptance. If we are truly that country, then it is our obligation to reunite these detained children with their parents — and to stop separating parents and children in the first place.

Columnist Elizabeth Bruenig takes issue with the way Attorney General Jeff Sessions is using scripture to justify separating families at the border. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post)
People on all sides agree that our immigration system isn’t working, but the injustice of zero tolerance is not the answer. I moved away from Washington almost a decade ago, but I know there are good people at all levels of government who can do better to fix this.
Recently, Colleen Kraft, who heads the American Academy of Pediatrics, visited a shelter run by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. She reported that while there werebeds, toys, crayons, a playground and diaper changes, the people working at the shelter had been instructed not to pick up or touch the children to comfort them. Imagine not being able to pick up a child who is not yet out of diapers.
Twenty-nine years ago, my mother-in-law, Barbara Bush, visited Grandma’s House, a home for children with HIV/AIDS in Washington. Back then, at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis, the disease was a death sentence, and most babies born with it were considered “untouchables.” During her visit, Barbara — who was the first lady at the time — picked up a fussy, dying baby named Donovan and snuggled him against her shoulder to soothe him. My mother-in-law never viewed her embrace of that fragile child as courageous. She simply saw it as the right thing to do in a world that can be arbitrary, unkind and even cruel. She, who after the death of her 3-year-old daughter knew what it was to lose a child, believed that every child is deserving of human kindness, compassion and love.
In 2018, can we not as a nation find a kinder, more compassionate and more moral answer to this current crisis? I, for one, believe we can.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A three-month-long statewide operation has led to the arrest of 19 alleged child predators and the rescue of two children.
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says the joint operation, dubbed Operation Broken Heart V, is focused on protecting New Mexico children from sexual exploitation and rape.
James Stewart and Teri Sanchez are included in the report. The parents came into the spotlight for a horrific case of child abuse involving their 7-year-old daughter. Stewart is accused of forcing the young girl into prostitution among many other charges. Sanchez is accused of hitting and slapping the girl, selling her clothing and failing to feed or bathe her.
Balderas says in total, the Internet Crimes Against Children task force served 147 search warrants over the three-month time span.
“I’m grateful for the work of Office of the Attorney General special agents along with local, state, and federal law enforcement officers who belong to the New Mexico ICAC task force for saving children from horrific abuse and torture,” said Attorney General Balderas. “We have no higher priority than protecting our children, and thanks to our ICAC task force and successful initiatives like Operation Broken Heart V, our communities around the state are safer for children and families.”
The task force was focused on offenders who possess, create and distribute child pornography, engage in online enticement of children for sexual purposes, engage in child prostitution, engage is traveling abroad for the purpose of sexually abusing foreign children.
New Mexico’s ICAC task force is comprised of 87 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
On the day of her disappearance, Lashaya was last seen wearing a black V-neck t-shirt, black stonewash jeans, silver hoop earrings, and a silver watch on her left arm.
Details:
On July 15, 2016, Lashaya Stine left her residence in Aurora, Colorado, around 2:00 a.m. Lashaya was last seen in the area of E. Montview Boulevard and N. Peoria Street in the early morning hours. Lashaya was scheduled for a job interview on July 16th, but never arrived. Lashaya has not made any attempts to contact family members or friends since she has been gone.
This case is being investigated by the Denver Office of the FBI and the Aurora Police Department.
Submit a Tip:
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact the Aurora Police Department at 303/627-3100 or the Colorado Crime Stoppers at 720/913-7867.
