MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) — Local police agencies teamed with Wisconsin’s Department of Justice’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force participated in Operation Broken Heart, which joined 60 other ICAC Task Forces nationwide in identifying and arresting suspected child sexual predators during April and May 2016.
87 arrests of suspected child predators and 129 community presentations on Internet safety were made in Wisconsin during the effort. Nationally, the operation resulted in 1,368 arrests and the task forces conducted about 2,300 presentations. Police departments from Wausau, Antigo, Marshfield, and Minocqua were involved in the sweep.
“Children in Wisconsin and all across the U.S. are safer because of Operation Broken Heart’s success,” said Attorney General Brad Schimel. “When I was elected Wisconsin Attorney General, I made protecting our State’s most vulnerable a priority. I’m proud of the work the ICAC Task Force has done to investigate those individuals who use the Internet to exploit children.”
The national crackdown targeted offenders who possessed, manufactured, and distributed child pornography, engaged in online enticement of children, facilitated child prostitution, and traveled abroad for the purpose of sexually abusing foreign children.
