ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 3, 2013
May 2, 2013 — Former Bronx child care employee pleads guilty to production of child pornography
A former employee of a child care and after-school program in the Bronx borough of New York City pleaded guilty to producing and causing the production of numerous pornographic images of a child victim.
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May 1, 2013 — HSI special agents arrest 13 in connection with an alleged international sex trafficking and prostitution network
More than a dozen members of an alleged international sex trafficking ring in New York City were taken into custody April 30 to face charges for sex trafficking. The arrests are a result of an investigation by HSI.
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April 29, 2013 — Northern California man snared by tip from Danish police pleads guilty to child pornography charges
A Modesto, Calif., man, who became the subject of an international law enforcement search after Danish authorities saw him molesting a young boy in a video posted on the Internet, pleaded guilty April 29 to producing child pornography.
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April 29, 2013 — Houston HSI seizes 10 domain names selling counterfeit cycling products
Special agents with HSI in Houston seized 10 Internet domain names April 26 that were illegally selling counterfeit cycling equipment and apparel globally.
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April 25, 2013 — HSI special agents honored by DOJ for Arizona child predator investigation
Two special agents assigned to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) were honored April 25 by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona as part of the Department of Justice's National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
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