By: Logan Kuehl & Kyle Hartwig

Think of “To Catch a Predator”

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

Enticement vs Entrapment Entrapment- 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.

fraud Identity theft prostitution Child pornography

Cops act like children in chat rooms Try to find pedifiles Get 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

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 efficient Provide the transcripts of messages to authorities who take over

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

In child predator cases there is high conviction rate There is lots of evidence from the transcripts usually If a predator shows up to a house it shows intent Business 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

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

Prostitution used internet advertising in San Fransico Discrete, used key words in communication with clients Police Dept. posed as clients Operation Firewall US government agencies posed as businesses Vulnerable to identity theft and credit card fraud Site led to arrest of 28 individuals throughout 6 different countries

Many argue whether or not one showing up shows intent The entrapment issue