The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) recently released new data highlighting the continued and growing threat of financial sextortion targeting children and teens. In 2025 alone, NCMEC received more than 50,000 reports of financially motivated sextortion. That’s an average of 137 reports every day. This represents a dramatic increase from the more … Continue reading TBI Warns of Growing Financial Sextortion Threat Targeting Children
TBI’s ‘Operation Autumn Shield’ Yields Ten Arrests, Identifies 19 Online Sexual Exploitation & Sextortion Child Victims
NASHVILLE – Ten people face felony charges and more than a dozen victims have been identified in a large-scale, collaborative operation to target online child exploitation and sextortion in Tennessee. Over a three-month period, from October through December, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, housed within the Cybercrime and … Continue reading TBI’s ‘Operation Autumn Shield’ Yields Ten Arrests, Identifies 19 Online Sexual Exploitation & Sextortion Child Victims
McMinn County Man Faces Additional Charges Stemming from Child Exploitation Operation
Rhea County - A Niota man who was charged during a TBI operation conducted earlier this year to identify child exploitation and sextortion victims faces new charges of sexual exploitation of a minor. Cody Gunter was arrested in April during 'Operation Protecting Tomorrow' and charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and Solicitation of a … Continue reading McMinn County Man Faces Additional Charges Stemming from Child Exploitation Operation
Monteagle Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
GRUNDY COUNTY – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) squad and the Monteagle Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a Grundy County man, charged with the sexual exploitation of an underage female. On November 13th, detectives with the Monteagle Police Department contacted special … Continue reading Monteagle Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor
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