An international investigation into child sex crimes and pornography has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests since its inception July 9, federal authorities said Friday.
The crackdown has brought arrests in nearly every state and most major U.S. cities, said Michael J. Garcia, director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency of the Homeland Security Department.
The latest arrests came this week in South Florida, where 56 foreigners who had been convicted of crimes involving children were apprehended over three days in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. These aliens, from 18 countries, will be deported, officials said Friday.
Among those charged in the broader probe, dubbed "Operation Predator," are U.S. citizens who traveled abroad to have sex with minors, people who allegedly molested mentally impaired children and people who smuggled foreign children into the United States to work as prostitutes, Garcia said.
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These are the kind of fucked up people the government should be spending tax money going after, not wasting time and resources bothering legal porn producers.