It’s nearly unthinkable, but every year thousands of children become victims of crime—whether it’s through kidnappings, violent attacks, or sexual abuse.

The mission of the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Program is threefold: first, to decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation; second, to develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and third, to enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.

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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/cac

Mother, daughter indicted in death of newborn

A Wythe County mother and daughter have been indicted by a grand jury in the death of the daughter’s newborn baby girl. Twila Jean Meadows, 60, is charged with felony counts of child endangerment and concealing a dead body, while her daughter, Ashley April Meadows, 21, is charged with one count of felony child endangerment.

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http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/299874

Baltimore City School officials have confirmed a joint investigation by their police force and Baltimore City Police.  The investigation stems from the sex tape scandal in Baltimore City Public Schools.  WJZ TV first broke the story of a 14-year-old Baltimore City Public Schools student who was allegedly taped having sexual relations on Baltimore City Public Schools Property.

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http://www.examiner.com/gifted-children-in-baltimore/baltimore-city-public-schools-the-midst-of-a-sexual-tape-scandal

TONAWANDA, N.Y. – A youth volunteer from Tonawanda faced a court appearance in a child endangerment and pornography case on Tuesday. Scott Peterson is accused of trading lewd pictures with four underage girls. Girls, met through a church group, were Scott Peterson’s target, police say. He’s pleaded not guilty to allegations that he sent naked pictures of himself and received naked pictures of girls, as young as 14-years-old.

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http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/Teen-mentor-accused-of-sending-nude-pics

Members of  The Anonymous Hacktivist Movement are claiming responsibility for taking down more than 40 secret child-pornography websites and leaking the names of more than 1,500 members of one of the illegal sites. The Anonymous campaign began Oct. 14, when members of the hacktivist group found a cache of child-pornography websites while browsing a secret website called the Hidden Wiki, a guidebook to hundreds of underground websites invisible to search engines and regular Internet users.

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http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/anonymous-hackers-child-porn-sites-1260/

FULLERTON, CA) — Two Fullerton brothers have been charged with sexually molesting two young girls on repeated occasions. Cristobal Ortiz Rodriguez, 25, and Eduardo Ortiz Rodriguez, 33, are expected to be arraigned Thursday in Santa Ana.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-fullerton-brothers-molestation-charges,0,2906048.story

Judge rules father unfit for trial

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(CNN) — A 30-year-old father who police say decapitated his 7-year-old disabled son is unfit for trial, a Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, judge ruled Tuesday. Jeremiah Lee Wright is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jori Lirette. The second-grade boy was killed on August 14 in the town of Thibodaux.

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/18/justice/louisiana-child-decapitated/?hpt=ju_c2

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The arrest of an accused serial killer in northern B.C. is a “big deal” for sex workers, says the head of a Prince George organization. Jan Wilson, who works with women in the sex trade as the co-ordinator of the Prince George New Hope Society, said they will feel safer now that charges have been laid in the murders of Jill Stacey Stuchenko and Cynthia Frances Maas. Both 35-year-old mothers had worked as prostitutes in Prince George.

The lesbian parents of an 11-year-old US boy have taken the controversial step of giving their son hormone blockers to delay puberty after he expressed a desire to become a girl. California couple Pauline Moreno and Debra Lobel decided to start the hormone blocking therapy after son Tommy decided he wanted to be a girl, according to Fox News.

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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8361715

NEWTON –A solemn vigil on Newton’s courthouse steps marked the loss of innocent lives across North Carolina. Tuesday’s ceremony was held to honor the 20 children killed by a parent or caregiver this year. Of the 20 names read aloud, one was immediately recognizable – Zahra Baker.

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http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/news/2011/oct/18/speaking-out-silenced-ar-1513062/

KERSHAW, S.C. — A police officer was charged with criminal sexual conduct with a child after he accidentally called the mother of his victim during the assault, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office.Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews said that at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to a call in Cassatt, S.C., about a sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl.

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http://www.wyff4.com/news/29465102/detail.html#ixzz1bBJmEOAf