By:

Logan Kuehl

&

Kyle Hartwig

THE DATELINE AFFECT

Think of “To Catch a Predator”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZhsfT9wGp0

Child Predator cases

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

Cyber sting definition

Enticement vs EntrapmentEntrapment- 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.

Things to note

fraudIdentity theftprostitutionChild pornography

Crimes that are caught

Cops act like children in chat roomsTry to find pedifilesGet 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

How the “Dateline” stings work

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 efficientProvide the transcripts of messages to

authorities who take over

Who conducts 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

Business Internet Stings

In child predator cases there is high conviction rateThere is lots of evidence from the transcripts

usuallyIf a predator shows up to a house it shows

intentBusiness 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

Success of internet stings

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

Operation Card Shop

Prostitution used internet advertising in San FransicoDiscrete, used key words in communication

with clientsPolice Dept. posed as clients

Operation FirewallUS government agencies posed as businesses Vulnerable to identity theft and credit card

fraudSite led to arrest of 28 individuals throughout 6

different countries

Other cases of internet stings

Many argue whether or not one showing up shows intent

The entrapment issue

Legality