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▫️Increasing number of arrests in the case of the Lebanese “TikTokers” gang (UPDATE)
Lebanon Judiciary Issues New Indictments in TikTok Gang Case
TikTok gang bust lays bare continued criminal abuse of children in Lebanon. More than 50 minors identified.
Less than a year since the rape and murder of six-year-old Leen Talib in a case that shocked Lebanon, the country has again been rocked by a scandal involving the sexual abuse of children, and this time the social media platform TikTok is caught up in the furore.
Lebanese authorities are investigating a group of 28 to 30 individuals who allegedly used the app to groom children into performing indecent acts. The acts were reportedly filmed for sale online.
While the investigation is still in its preliminary stages, Attorney General Judge Tanios Saghbini, the public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Mount Lebanon who is presiding over the case, has issued multiple arrest warrants and has requested Interpol’s assistance, as some of the suspects reside abroad — Meouchi is a resident of Sweden, while Naffah has reportedly fled Lebanon.
In a statement, Judge Saghbini said the accused had formed “a criminal network for human trafficking and money laundering” and had “solicited minors, via social media networks, mainly TikTok, for sexual purposes.”
He also said members of the network had forced the minors to take drugs before raping them, had taken nude photos of them for the purpose of sale and distribution, and had engaged in “violent and life-threatening practices.”
Judicial authorities and local news media have identified several individuals they believe are linked to the gang, including a lawyer registered with the North Bar Association in Tripoli called Khaled Merheb; Abdo Keysso, the owner of Matrix clothing store; dentist Hussein Allaq; Paul Meouchi; Peter Naffah; and Hassan Singer.
According to reports, the gang comprises 30 members while 30 children have been molested, with the parents of only eight of them filing complaints. So far, only six suspects have been arrested.
Journalist Radwan Mortada stated that one of the minors involved in the TikTok-related case took his own life due to blackmail, while another, despite battling cancer, was compelled to use drugs, resulting in his death.
» https://youtu.be/fWgPNKsQQfY (VIDEO)
» https://youtu.be/5G6hJhm27o4 (VIDEO)
» https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5012896-lebanon-judiciary-issues-new-indictments-tiktok-gang-case
» https://www.the961.com/the-tiktok-pedophilia-ring-caught-in-lebanon/
» https://www.arabnews.com/node/2508526/middle-east
» https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2508526/middle-east
» https://www.arabnews.jp/en/middle-east/article_121634/
» https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1413486/tiktok-pedophile-ring-woman-arrested-on-suspicion-of-seducing-victims.html
» https://nan.media/en/increasing-number-of-arrests-in-the-case-of-the-lebanese-tiktokers-gang/

▫️Pakistan: Police recover 5-year-old child abducted by kuccha’s dacoits
A five-year-old child who had been abducted by dacoits in the kuccha area of Sindh was successfully recovered on Saturday.
The news of the recovery of the abducted child from the hands of the criminals was shared by Jan Achakzai on his Twitter account, along with photographs. It was evident that the criminals had captured the innocent child and made a viral video in which the child was shown bound with chains and crying for help.
The kidnappers had demanded a ransom of 5 million rupees for the safe release of the child.
https://english.aaj.tv/news/330361370

▫️Pakistan: Islamabad police arrest three suspected kidnappers
Three suspected kidnap­pers were arrested by Islamabad police during an exchange of gunfire while freeing a kid­nap victim, informed a po­lice spokesman on Saturday. The detained individuals have been identified as Mu­sawar Khan, Ansar Ali, and Shizak Fayaz, against whom a case was registered.
https://www.nation.com.pk/12-May-2024/islamabad-police-arrest-three-suspected-kidnappers

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▫️Iraq arrests 40 suspects in operation against human, drug trafficking rings
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces have dismantled two international rings engaged in human and drug trafficking and arrested 40 foreigners across the country, Iraqi media reported on Saturday.
The Iraqi National Intelligence Service, in collaboration with the Interior Ministry, arrested 40 foreigners suspected of being involved in crimes of kidnapping, extortion, forgery, as well as human and drug trafficking, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.
Security forces arrested the suspects in Baghdad and several other Iraqi provinces based on intelligence reports, the statement read, without specifying the nationalities of the detainees and the exact locations of their operations, aside from mentioning Baghdad.
The statement noted that the majority of the victims targeted by these two rings were foreigners residing in Iraq.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/asia/article/2001494977/iraq-arrests-40-suspects-in-operation-against-human-drug-trafficking-rings
» https://english.news.cn/20240512/b3ff3277d1514a4098801e6befe2ddb0/c.html
» https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/iraqi-security-forces-dismantle-international-trafficking-rings-arrest-40-foreigners/
» https://menafn.com/1108201982/Iraq-Arrested-40-Suspects-In-Operation-Against-Human-Drug-Trafficking-Rings

▫️Thailand cuts off internet and telephone cables to ‘scam hub’ Shwe Kokko
The Thailand National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) issued a press release which said that they had cut off the internet and phone connections provided to Shwe Kokko in Myawaddy Township in Myanmar.
On the Thai-Myanmar border, it is not only online scams or Jia Pian.
Many foreigners from about 30 countries are trafficked and recruited by the online scam gangs and human trafficking gangs. China, U.S, Thailand and others in the international community are putting pressure Myanmar to crack down on these criminal gangs.
https://eng.mizzima.com/2024/05/12/9802

▫️Afghan nationals offloaded at Peshawar airport over fake passports
Five Afghan nationals were offloaded from an overseas flight at Peshawar airport over fake passports, ARY News reported on Sunday.
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration offloaded the Afghan woman and her four children from a UK-bound flight over fake documents.
The Afghan nationals were travelling to UK after illegally entering Pakistan, the FIA spokesperson said.
https://arynews.tv/afghan-nationals-offloaded-at-peshawar-airport/

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▫️Argentina: Survivor of cult helps bring down the human trafficking sect he escaped from
A survivor of a cult helped police to crack down on a group in Buenos Aires.
After more than 50 raids were conducted in the Argentinian capital in 2022, Pablo Salum became a hero. Salum is believed to have been the first child taken in by the cult when he was just eight years of age after his mother visited the group for help with a health condition.
He shared that at first, the sect was a school of philosophy and new age culture, but that it began to grow into a much larger operation pretty quickly. He added: “I went from having a beautiful family, I went to having nothing. They left us totally destroyed.”
Salum became the first person to escape and tell all about the ‘Escuela de Yoga’ or ‘Yoga School’ sect and filed his first official complaints between 1991 and 1992. TN reported that the group trafficked people and coerced them into servitude.
He continued: “Juan Percovich and his son Marcelo Guerra, in charge of the organization, captured politicians, celebrities, human rights people, which is proven in the previous case, exchanged sexual favours with people from the organization, including my mother and my sister."

But that’s not the worst of it as he claimed that children were ‘forced to have sexual relations with adults and with their own parents’.
https://www.unilad.com/news/crime/pablo-salum-yoga-cult-what-happened-163602-20240506

▫️Foreigners From China Arrested During A Coverage Of People In Kupang Waters
The investigation team of the East Nusa Tenggara Police Ditreskrimum handed over five of the six foreign nationals (WNA) from China who were arrested along with six Indonesian citizens in the waters of Kupang Bay on Wednesday last week.
"It has been handed over to us five foreigners by the NTT Police, one more foreigner is still at the Regional Police because it is still in the process of being investigated," said Kupang Immigration Office Head Christian Penna, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, May 12.
https://voi.id/en/news/380354

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▫️U.S. Marshals Help Recover Critically Missing Teen
Baltimore, MD – The U.S. Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), District of Maryland, and Anne Arundel County Police Department collaborated with the Baltimore City Police Department to recover a critically missing juvenile in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Baltimore, MD. The female minor, 14, was located and recovered on the evening of May 6 as part of an ongoing interagency public safety initiative.
The goal of Operation Silver Shield, which runs from May through August, is to protect the community by prioritizing the recovery of critically missing children and arresting those offenders who pose the greatest risk to public safety.
Anyone with information on a non-compliant/wanted sex offender, violent fugitive, or critically missing child is urged to contact the nearest U.S. Marshals Service office at 1-866-4WANTED or submit a USMS Web Tip.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/news/press-release/us-marshals-help-recover-critically-missing-teen

▫️Mayo Clinic therapist arrested after trying to meet up with who he thought was an 8-year-old girl
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — A local man employed at Mayo Clinic finds himself behind bars after allegedly attempting to arrange a sexual encounter with what he believed to be an eight-year-old girl.
Shockwaves rippled through the community as neighbors grappled with the startling revelations. According to the arrest report, Chad Sadlowski, a 33-year-old respiratory therapist at Mayo Clinic, engaged in communication via the app Whisper, believing he was conversing with a young girl. However, it was actually an undercover officer.
Sadlowski faces serious charges including traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit parent/guardian consent, solicitation via computer of a child’s guardian to allow a sexual act, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, and producing/promoting performance involving sexual acts of a minor. He is currently held on a $250,000 bond.
https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/mayo-clinic-therapist-arrested-after-trying-meet-up-with-who-he-thought-was-an-8-year-old-girl/Y6RQREX4ABCWDCH2SFHTQCYCLQ/

▫️Lexington man charged in Morehead KSP child exploitation investigation
MOREHEAD, Ky. — A Lexington man has been charged in connection with an ongoing investigation in Morehead, according to the Kentucky State Police Department (KSP).
KSP Morehead said in a news release Saturday that it had received a complaint of “inappropriate photos being sent to a juvenile by an adult.” Authorities said investigators discovered that Terence Clemons, 50, reportedly sent inappropriate photos of himself to a minor.
KSP said investigators obtained an arrest warrant for Clemons and that he was charged with four counts of prohibited use of electronic communication to procure a minor.
https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/lexington-man-charged-in-morehead-child-exploitation-investigation/

▫️Tennessee Man Charged With 20 Counts of Child Sexual Abuse
An undercover investigation in Tennessee ended with the arrest of a Grand Junction man on multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor.
State agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children squad launched an investigation on April 15 after learning of “thousands of files of child sexual abuse material” distributed from an address in Grand Junction, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.
On May 10, agents executed a search warrant at the address with additional support by Homeland Security Investigations and the Hardeman and Madison County Sheriff’s Offices, seizing multiple devices.
After the search, they arrested 69-year-old Charles Vinyard, charging him with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and 10 counts of aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor.
https://www.crimeonline.com/2024/05/11/tennessee-man-charged-with-20-counts-of-child-sexual-abuse/

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▫️$4K reward offered for North Texas wanted sex offender
The reward for Marcos Christopher Alonzo, a Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender and March's featured fugitive, has been increased to $4,000 for information leading to his arrest if the tip is received before the end of May.
Alonzo, 46, is wanted for failure to register as a sex offender. He has been wanted since Feb. 2023, when he fled from his last known address in Hutchins, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Call the Texas Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477)
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/reward-increased-for-wanted-sex-offender-in-north-texas/3538699/

▫️NJ man charged with sexually assaulting 2 children under 13
A northeastern New Jersey man has been arrested on suspicion he sexually and physically assaulted two children under the age of 13, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday.
Milton Guallpa-Guaman, 45, of Rochelle Park, was arrested in Paramus, just west of New York City, following an investigation led by Musella and the Rochelle Park Police Department. Further investigation revealed he had also sexually assaulted another child under the age of 13 “on numerous occasions,” the office said.
Guallpa-Guaman was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/11/rochelle-park-nj-man-charged-sexual-assault-children/

▫️FBI Arrest Maryland Man Following Indictment on Charges of Distribution of Child Pornography
WASHINGTON – Joseph Ruben Baer, 20, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was taken into custody today following an indictment charging him with distribution of child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott, of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
» https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/fbi-arrest-maryland-man-following-indictment-charges-distribution-child-pornography

» https://wtop.com/crime/2024/05/silver-spring-man-arrested-for-sending-child-pornography-to-undercover-agent/
» https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2024/05/11/fbi-arrest-maryland-man-following-indictment-on-charges-of-distribution-of-child-pornography/

▫️Former Dubuque Priest charged with sex abuse to make first court appearance in Iowa
DUBUQUE, Iowa — A former Dubuque priest charged with 5 counts of second-degree sexual abuse is expected to make his initial appearance in court in Dubuque next week.
Leo Riley was arrested in Florida and was charged with 5 counts of sex abuse. Father Leo Riley is accused of sexually abusing young boys in the mid-1980s during his time with the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Riley moved to Florida in 2002.
» https://www.kwwl.com/news/dubuque/former-dubuque-priest-charged-with-sex-abuse-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-iowa/article_d23ebeda-0d4d-11ef-a304-57fd9dca251f.html
» https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2024/05/former-dubuque-priest-charged-with-sex-abuse-to-make-first-court-appearance-in-iowa/

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▫️New fallout over 'Mr. ORNG' sex crime allegations
The Jobs for Arizona Graduates Program, or JAG, is suspended while officials investigate the allegations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hygnUkk2fPM (VIDEO)

▫️Smuggler in stolen pickup leads Texas authorities on chase | NewsNation Prime
The Texas Department of Public Safety has released a new video showing a smuggler in a stolen pickup truck who is trying to escape from the authorities while carrying six migrants in the vehicle. NewsNation's Jorge Ventura reports cartels are recruiting Americans on social media to smuggle migrants into the country illegally, promising a big payday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtd_G_y82Ok (VIDEO)

▫️'As if it were my own child missing': DPS Special Agent receives Lifesaving Award
A special agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety recently won a Lifesaving Award for his actions in finding a missing child from Corpus Christi.
Henry J. Schultz, a special agent in the Criminal Investigations Division of DPS, was recognized by the Texas Public Safety Commission and DPS Director Steve McCraw at the PSC meeting in April for investigative work conducted on a case regarding a 16-year-old who went missing on June 10, 2023.
The agent began working the case two days later.
Through in-depth analysis involving forensic digital evidence and examination of video surveillance from surrounding businesses near the victim’s last location, he uncovered critical details that led law enforcement to find the missing minor on July 25, 2023, in Gainesville, Florida, along with the two suspects.
https://eu.caller.com/story/news/local/2024/05/11/dps-special-agent-receives-lifesaving-award-for-finding-missing-corpus-christi-teen/73389923007/

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