Crime & Justice
DHS Veteran Reveals 80% of Drug Search Warrants Target Child Exploitation
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Danger Close | The Fourth Option Podcast: Derek Benner
What was said
"My first year there, we ran some statistics on what group in this office is doing the most number of door kicking in search warrants, and it was my two child exploitation cyber groups. Outpaced my narcotic groups by a long shot."
Derek Moran, former Special Agent in Charge of HSI San Diego, revealed that child exploitation units conducted more search warrants than all drug enforcement squads combined in his office. With 120 agents dedicated to narcotics versus 2 child exploitation squads, the latter still executed significantly more operations, exposing the massive scale of online predator activity that law enforcement struggles to address due to severe under-resourcing.
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- Danger Close
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- Danger Close | The Fourth Option Podcast: Derek Benner
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