An extensive child pornography sweep has netted 15 arrests and a bank executive.

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From the sublime and educational to the provocative and salacious, I am often amazed at the information and materials that can be found on the Internet.

So it should not come as a surprise that the Internet, along with other technologies, plays a role in both enabling and combating human trafficking.

While human trafficking may conjure up images of darkened tunnels and FBI raids, it’s also something banks should help uncover using data and analytics technology, but most are not…

Some financial patterns that could potentially indicate human trafficking include credit card purchases on some classified-ad sites, several individuals with a common address depositing money into the same account, or multiple accounts transferring money to the same beneficiary.

Human sex trafficking is a billion dollar industry and it is impacting the entire globe. Even in the U.S. people are being sold as sex and labor slaves, confined to working in illegal and dangerous conditions against their will. Many of them are children, and many of them will die in servitude. However, financial institutions have the power to identify, prevent and disrupt human trafficking activity. As a society, we still have a long way to go. Yet as AML professionals, our work truly makes a difference in bringing justice to victims and ending modern slavery for good.

FREEHOLD, New Jersey (WABC) — An extensive child pornography sweep has netted 15 arrests in New Jersey, including a Princeton University administrator and a bank executive.

Monmouth County prosecutors say “Operation Trading Post” lasted from June through October of this year, with two arrests taking place in November.

The suspects — 14 men and a juvenile boy — are all charged with child endangerment

Prosecutors say most of the defendants are accused of uploading child porn to different social media and file-sharing platforms, but they say one man was chatting online with an undercover agent he believed was a teenage boy.

William McMahon, 64, of Keansburg, is also charged with luring and attempted sexual assault.

A Princeton spokesman said the staffer, 61-year-old Gregory Cantrell, of Freehold, has been placed on administrative leave.

The following individuals were arrested as a result of Operation Trading Post, according to a press release:

–Jonathan Henry, 22, of Keyport, who was employed as a dishwasher at The Turning Point, was arrested on June 19, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Twitter and Dropbox.

–Michael Balbosa, 34, of Neptune City, a courier with Federal Express, was arrested on June 29, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–Anthony Johnson, 38, of Neptune Township, who is unemployed, was arrested on July 10, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Dropbox.

–Rene Torres, 48, of Howell Township, who works in Operations for ING Financial Markets, was arrested on July 18, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Flikr.

–A juvenile, of Holmdel, was arrested on July 25, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–Brian Foley, 60, of Atlantic Highlands, an Information Technology Specialist with Cerner Corporation and former member of the Environmental Commission in Atlantic Highlands, was arrested on July 26, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to the website, Motherless.

–Alexander Ecock, 22, of Freehold, was arrested on July 31, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–William McMahon, 64, of Keansburg, a deli worker at Acme Markets, was arrested on August 3, 2018, following an investigation involving an undercover chat on Doublelist.com. McMahon believed he was chatting with and made plans to meet a 14-year-old boy.

–Thiago Thebald-Simas, 24, of Long Branch, who is unemployed, was arrested on August 24, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–David Wu, 32, of Hazlet, a logistics specialist with Vanguard, was arrested on August 29, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–Joshua Valerio, 37, of Eatontown, a laborer at Love, Inc., was arrested on September 20, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Gmail.

–Fady Elghazaly, 33, of Marlboro, a mechanic with United Airlines, was arrested on September 26, 2018, following an investigation that revealed that he used Peer-to-Peer file-sharing software to make child pornography images and videos available to others online.

–Ronald Paul, 56, of Freehold, was arrested on October 18, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Tumblr.

–Ryan Marques, 18, of Howell, a student, was arrested on November 19, 2018, and was the subject of an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Dropbox.

–Gregory Cantrell, 61, of Freehold, an employee of Princeton University, was arrested on November 5, 2018, after an investigation of a Cybertip forwarded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which revealed he uploaded child pornography to Bing Image.

All the defendants were released on the conditions that they have no unsupervised contact with children under the age of 18 and not use the internet. McMahon remains incarcerated pending trial.

If convicted of the second-degree endangering, attempted sexual assault or luring charges, a defendant will face a maximum sentence of 10 years in New Jersey state prison, Megan’s Law, and parole supervision for life.

If convicted of the third-degree endangering charge, a defendant will face a maximum sentence of five years in state prison and parole supervision for life.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

Craigslist, an online site that provides classified ads and discussion forums for jobs, housing, items for sale, services, local events, and more, has been the subject of numerous anti-trafficking efforts. Based on allegations that Craigslist facilitated sexual exploitation through its Adult Services (formerly Erotic Services) section, Craigslist was often investigated, sued, and publicly criticized. These efforts included (1) a lawsuit by the Chicago Cook County sheriff alleging that missing children, runaways, abused women, and women trafficked from foreign countries were routinely forced to have sex with strangers because they were being “pimped” on Craigslist and (2) a hearing on domestic minor sex trafficking before the U.S.

House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Ultimately, Craigslist announced closure of its Adult Services section in the United States, and later expanded the announcement to worldwide closure of its Adult Services section.8 Opinions are varied whether this result aided the overall effort to combat human trafficking. Some law enforcement agencies and anti–trafficking activists believe that Craigslist was the most responsive online site to law enforcement inquiries and its cooperation provided invaluable assistance in devising methods to investigate and combat human trafficking. Those expressing that opinion are of the view that the traffickers using Craigslist merely moved on to other sites.

StevieRay Hansen
HNewsWire Editor

HNewsWire- “All political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” Just look at some of our modern day examples: torture is “enhanced interrogation techniques”; murder is “collateral damage”; the aggression initiation of war is a “pre-emptive strike”; the theft of taxpayers’ money is a “bailout”; and the theft of depositors’ money in a bank is a “haircut” or “bail-in”.In a blatant example of Newspeak, the New World Order controllers (through the psychiatric DSM V) have tried to rename pedophiles as “minor-attracted persons” and redefine pedophilia as a “sexual orientation”. This makes no sense, since sexual orientation has to do with gender not age, with whether you are attracted to males or females, not how old they are. There are even organizations (like B4UAct.org) which are claiming that pedophiles are being unfairly stigmatized for their feelings! Psychiatry, it should also be noted, has a history of inventing fictitious diseases such as ADHD (as admitted by its inventor on his deathbed by Leon Eisenberg).

It is impossible to find anyone in the Bible who was a power for God who did not have enemies and was not hated.

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HNewsWire Editor

Jesus come quick, there is nothing left in society that’s sacred….