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THE DATELINE AFFECT

THE DATELINE AFFECT. By: Logan Kuehl & Kyle Hartwig. Child Predator cases . Think of “To Catch a Predator” http ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhsfT9wGp0. Cyber sting definition.

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THE DATELINE AFFECT

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  1. THE DATELINE AFFECT By: Logan Kuehl & Kyle Hartwig

  2. Child Predator cases • Think of “To Catch a Predator” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhsfT9wGp0

  3. Cyber sting definition • an operation where criminal inducement is offered through use of internet designed to “create the opportunity to commit crime”.

  4. Things to note • Enticement vs Entrapment • Entrapment- an officer overcoming the will of an otherwise unwilling person to commit a crime • Officers and others cannot entrap persons. If it is proven to have done so the case has to be thrown out. • They are allowed to entice persons.

  5. Crimes that are caught • fraud • Identity theft • prostitution • Child pornography

  6. How the “Dateline” stings work • Cops act like children in chat rooms • Try to find pedifiles • Get them to go to a specific house that they set up with cameras • Cops waiting outside after the people inside find evidence that the pedifile was trying to have sex with a child • If so the cops would arrest the person when they left the house

  7. Who conducts stings? • There are many internet stings done by volunteers (Pervertedjustice.com, Dateline NBC) • Mostly involves child predator cases • Anywhere there’s internet they can work so its cost efficient • Provide the transcripts of messages to authorities who take over

  8. Business Internet Stings • Authorities set up fake business that look vulnerable • Draws in criminals • Trace the crime back to the criminal • Sometimes requires the cooperation of other countries

  9. Success of internet stings • In child predator cases there is high conviction rate • There is lots of evidence from the transcripts usually • If a predator shows up to a house it shows intent • Business cases are a little less successful • Usually over different countries, cooperation of different authorities is difficult • They are believed to have saved thousands or maybe millions of dollars from being stolen

  10. Operation Card Shop • Site allowed perpetrators to buy and sell stolen credit cards, bank information, licenses and hacking techniques • 24 criminals were caught. 11 in US, the other 13 were all from different countries on 4 different continents

  11. Other cases of internet stings • Prostitution used internet advertising in San Fransico • Discrete, used key words in communication with clients • Police Dept. posed as clients • Operation Firewall • US government agencies posed as businesses • Vulnerable to identity theft and credit card fraud • Site led to arrest of 28 individuals throughout 6 different countries

  12. Legality • Many argue whether or not one showing up shows intent • The entrapment issue

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