After a 13-year-old girl who went missing for more than a week and was found to be alive in Oregon, child protection advocates socialized to parents, guardians, and children. We are again seeking media education and app awareness. weekend.
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{13 Edmonton's teenagers were last seen around 8:30 am on Friday, June 24, in the area of 131 Avenue and 91 Street next to Killany Middle School. Edmonton police said she was found in Oregon on the morning of July 2.A 41-year-old man has been detained and charged with seducing a child. Edmonton police said additional charges could be incurred as the investigation progressed.
In a statement on Saturday at the FBI, a local office in Portland said it helped arrest 41-year-old Noah Madrano for seducing a 13-year-old girl from Canada to the United States.
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Oregon City Police later arrested Madrano on July 2 at the request of the FBI and Oregon on Tuesday afternoon. Confirmed to appear in court in the state. Suspected of being detained: Abuse II, Sexual Abuse I,Rape II
ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams), Northern Alberta Internet, and several other organizations investigated I participated in. Child Exploitation Unit, Oregon City Police and FBI.
Cybertip's Stephen Sauer generally says that temptation and sexual exploitation are more commonly done online. Cybertip has made many reports of pressured incidents such as exchanging sexually explicit photographs and young people joining live streams.
"Children's online temptation, it's almost urgent for us. We're seeing an unprecedented number of children being seduced and cared for.
Someone We communicate with them to commit sexual crimes against them, "says Sauer.
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"Currently, there are an average of about 155 reports a month ... with someone young. A person who has been sexually exploited online in a conversation. "
He says it's not very common for things to escalate into a direct meeting.
Sauer states that children are more engaged in online platforms than ever before, and criminals see it as an opportunity.
"Currently, Snapchat and Instagram are very widely used for this kind of activity. About 77% of the reports received through the hint line related to online temptation are related to Snapchat or Instagram.
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Little Warriors are seeing a similar surge in online child temptations.
Dr. Wanda Polzin Holman, clinical director of the organization, states that criminals appear to be targeting a variety of demographics. She says a recent warning issue in Alberta about child exploitation of boys aged 9 to 13 years.
"This is a very serious problem, and over the last two years, COVID has made it easier for children and teens to access computers and online use, and parents always do this. I don't think you know it. — This opens the door to predators for children in ways never before. ”
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"For girls, it happens a little, a little late," Sauer added. "What we see is that they are in a relationship with peers of the same age and believe that what is happening to them is part of their normal relationship with that person. In this case, there is a lot of tenacity by the individuals involved with them. ”
Advice for parents and guardians
"They regularly and continuously discuss technology with their children and get a little more understanding of it. And we need to provide children with tools to understand where dangerous behaviors are, "says Sauer.
"Someone wants something that makes you uncomfortable, where you keep coming to a parent or a safe adult in your life to let them know about the situation. "
He said that at that point, the child should stop all communication with the individual, and the adult would keep some records of the interaction, and then Cybertip. Or say you can contact the local police.
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Poldin Holman says the Little Warriors are trying to educate young people and caregivers about risks and danger signals.
"There are a lot of cases called sexuality.
" We know children who are sending images to each other, but those images are They are not aware and aware that they could potentially become part of the web and their images could be inherited, which can be really traumatic for them, "she says.
According to Polzin Holman, criminal activity can occur even in the most innocent-looking apps.
"Note that there is a lot of interaction going through different platforms, such as games such as RoadBlocks and Minecraft, in ways that parents and guardians don't know.
"Parents and guardians continue to talk, talk to their children about this, set limits, make sure there is a way to set parental controls on the device, check in, and connect the line. Must maintain open communication. "
Edmonton Police Service Insp. Brent Dahlsade also emphasizes the importance of open communication.
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"If I'm communicating with my kids, as a parent, my kids on social media and other media We are aware of what we are doing, the platform, who they are communicating with, what information they are actually giving out, personal information, etc. — it is what individuals want to use. I think it helps to potentially eliminate the opportunity for temptation to do.
"Don't be afraid to have such communication between parents and young people," says Dahlseide.
Rapid increase in online child exploitation
Canada Child Protection Center (C3P) (C3P), which operates a nationwide tipline between March 2020 and March 2021Cybertip.ca, reports increased by 88%. Many of the predators who connect with young people through social media and livestream platforms such as Snapchat, Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, and Omegle were involved.
Sgt. Kerry Shima, an internet child exploitation (ICE) unit in northern Alberta, encourages parents of to download the app their child is using and try out video games for themselves.
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The island has stated that there is no doubt in many unreported cases — victims and parents are trying to manage the situation themselves. He emphasized the importance of appearing in the police.
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"It may be useful not only for their family, but for other investigations."
Social media companies are "greatly responsible"
"I think we are unreasonably burdening our parents to understand this" Said Signy Arnason, Deputy Managing Director of. Canada Child Protection Center, "And frankly, it's a bit ridiculous.
" I can't figure out everything a child is doing online.
"Companies have a great deal of responsibility for what needs to change here, and so does the government, so we need to demand more."
There are also reporting tools for Cyber tip.caand instructions for young people being sexually assaulted.
— Using Demi Knight files, Global News
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