Wakefield, Mass. – A Massachusetts man is facing disturbing charges. He’s accused of sexually abusing more than a dozen children, and prosecutors say this is one of the most troubling cases of abuse they’ve ever seen. When investigators got a search warrant for John and Marian Burbine’s business and their home in Wakefield, they say they found hundreds of videos, photos and audio recordings of John Burbine sexually abusing more than a dozen young children, including toddlers and even newborns. “The basis of these indictments is chilling and troubling,” said Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone at a press conference Thursday. READ MORE HERE

CHILD TRAFFICKING

Child Trafficking is the recruitment, smuggling, transporting, harboring, buying or selling of a child through force, threats, fraud, deception, or coercion for the purposes of exploitation, prostitution, pornography, migrant work, sweat shops, domestic servitude, forced labor, bondage, peonage or involuntary servitude.

Child trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. UNICEF values the global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 2 million child victims. Men, women and children are all victims but, the most vulnerable groups, those with limited rights or protections, have been the hardest hit… especially children.

Trafficking children into the sex industry is done because there is a demand. Predators seek out vulnerable victims and lure them under false pretenses into situations they cannot escape from. No matter the reason, children have become sexual commodities to be bought and sold for the pleasure of exploiters. These children are scarred for life and need help – our help.  READ MORE HERE

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Burying your child is something no parent should ever have to do. But that’s exactly what Trevor and Sheila Fairhurst had to endure when their daughter was killed by Darren Pilkington, her prison pen pal who became her live-in boyfriend after his release. Appearing on This Morning earlier today, the Fairhursts told of how they are now channeling their pain into raising awareness for domestic violence and raising funds for Victim Support Counselling Services via The Carly Fund. READ MORE HERE

Global manhunt for pedophile Air Training Corps Sgt James Reading

An international manhunt is underway for a pedophile Air Training Corps sergeant who fled the country after abusing female cadets.  Sgt James Reading was found guilty in his absence of groping four teenagers while on night exercises and at illegal underage drinking parties at his squadron hut in Okehampton, North Devon. He was today jailed for ten years at Exeter Crown Court as police resumed the search for the fugitive, who has been on the run since jumping bail in June. READ MORE  HERE

Palm Coast, FL  – James Irvine, a 41-year-old Palm Coast man, was jailed Saturday morning after he allegedly left his girlfriend’s 10-month-old baby in the care of a pit bull so he could drink at a local bar. According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, Irvine’s girlfriend left him in charge of her 10-month-old son Friday night while she was away at work. READ MORE HERE

Bethel, CT  – George Sayers Jr., 46, and his daughter Tiffany Hartford, 23, were arrested Monday after DNA testing allegedly confirmed that the pair had a sexual relationship and conceived a child together. According to Bethel Police, an investigation was launched last February when Tiffany Hartford’s former girlfriend called police to report that Sayers and Hartford were selling pornographic photos and videos of her that had been recorded when she was 16 years old. READ MORE HERE

Martial Arts Teacher Gets 285 Years in Prison for Molesting 11 Children

SANTA ANA, CA — A youth sports coach convicted of sexually assaulting eleven of his students was sentenced Wednesday to 285 years to life in prison. The judge also sentenced Luis Alberto Pineda to an additional 13 years and six months in prison on 27 felony counts plus several penalty enhancements, and three misdemeanor counts of assault. READ MORE HERE

The immeasurable courage of this young victim will bring one monster to justice. San Francisco resident Gary Steven Atkinson, 36, was charged on Tuesday with kidnapping, rape of an incompetent person, committing a lewd act on a child, and attempting lewd acts upon a child after he abducted a 16-year-old girl with autism who had wandered from her group home on November 27. READ MORE HERE

EVANSDALE, Iowa — Hunters found two bodies Wednesday believed to be those of 2 young Iowa girls who vanished five months ago while riding their bikes. The families of 11-year-old Lyric Cook and 9-year-old Elizabeth Collins have been notified of the discovery, said Capt. Rick Abben of the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office. Abben wouldn’t say where the bodies were found.  READ MORE HERE

Child sex abuse suspect allegedly says he ‘enjoyed’ the incidents, ‘can’t believe’ he was turned in

A Kingsport man indicted on more than 60 counts related to sexual abuse of a juvenile male — and suspected of abusing at least nine additional 8 to 17-year-olds over the past 20 years — has reportedly told police he sees nothing wrong with the crimes he’s been charged with, adding that he “enjoyed” the incidents. “The worst thing about this case is he feels no remorse about this, other than he was caught,” said Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office Det. Tracy Haraz. READ MORE HERE

A man was locked up after killing his girlfriend’s baby. Sadistic Barry McCarney, 33, was found guilty of sexual assault and the grievous bodily harm of  baby Millie Martin on Tuesday after rushing her to a local hospital.  Barry caught on CCTV in Erne Hospital in Northern Ireland rushing through the doors of the hospital cradling his girlfriend’s 15-month-old daughter Millie Martin in his arms. READ MORE HERE

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Thousands of children disappear every year. One such story recently caught the attention of people across northeast Ohio, when 3-year-old Emilliano Terry disappeared in Cleveland on Nov. 25. Cleveland police called the Cleveland FBI for assistance. The FBI handles kidnappings, but no Amber Alert was issued in this case, as some of the initial details were sketchy. While CPD was the primary investigating agency, the bureau also reached out for help. The following day, a team from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children arrived in Cleveland. A few hours after their arrival, an alert Cleveland FBI agent formed a hunch that led to the discovery of little Emilliano. Sadly, the toddler had been dead for days. It would seem the initial story told by his mother to investigators the day before was not entirely truthful after all. READ MORE HERE

Washington (CNN) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom will launch a new effort to fight child sexual abuse at a ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday. “The initiative aims to unite decision-makers all around the world to better identify and assist victims and to prosecute the perpetrators,” the Justice Department said in a press release. The initiative will be called the Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online.  READ MORE HERE

Detectives Re-Open Historic Sex Abuse Claims

A guesthouse where paedo VIPs are feared to have abused vulnerable underage boys for years is being probed by cops, the Sunday People can reveal. A ring of rich and powerful people are said to have used it as a sordid playhouse – and were allegedly snapped and videoed with kids lured from a children’s home. One boy has alleged he was tied up, forced to perform a sex act and made to watch men having sex. A politician, top cop, judge and bishop are among those said to have been part of the ring between 1978 and 1982. READ MORE HERE