Pedogate

Polk County's six-day undercover sting arrested 17 people accused of seeking children online, including three Walt Disney World employees, two military veterans, a nurse, and a poker pro. They faced…

Sarah Sands fatally stabbed convicted pedophile Michael Pleasted in Canning Town after he abused her son and other local boys. She was convicted of manslaughter. The Court of Appeal raised…

Corinna Smith, also known as Corinna Baines, poured boiling water mixed with sugar over her husband Michael Baines as he slept in Neston, Cheshire. He died five weeks later. Chester…

Former boarding-school maths teacher John McKno, 74, was serving 14 years for sexually abusing five boys. He choked to death on breakfast at HMP Norwich. An inquest recorded cardiac failure…

Operation Reclaim and Rebuild's 2021 statewide week produced about 450 arrests and 39 victims rescued, including children. The 2026 edition produced 611 arrests and 170 rescues, including 14 minors.

Riverside County arrested 64 people and rescued two women during the 2021 Operation Reclaim and Rebuild sweep targeting online prostitution and trafficking. The 2026 statewide edition produced 611 arrests and…

Jennifer Araoz sued Ghislaine Maxwell under New York's Child Victims Act, alleging Maxwell recruited her at 14 for Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell was later convicted and is serving 20 years.

James Fairbanks, an Omaha public-school employee, confessed to shooting twice-convicted child sex offender Mattieo Condoluci. He pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 40 to 70 years.

Fourteen men, including Valdosta State University dean Keith Walters, were arrested in Georgia's Operation Broken Arrow after traveling to meet children for sex.

A 14-year-old in Okaloosa County hid cameras after no one believed she was being beaten. The footage led to an arrest. A judge later gave her father custody anyway.