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There are few jobs more heart-wrenching than investigating crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Nationally, the typical investigator doesn't work these types of crimes more than three to five years. Kevin J. Laws, now retired, was a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, having worked nearly 20 years investigating the sexual exploitation of children. Almost 11 of those years were spent as an online undercover agent, resulting in the arrests of some of the worst offenders imaginable. Honing his skills working online undercover investigations in the earliest years of the Internet, email, and chat rooms. Laws served as a case agent (lead investigator), undercover agent, and computer forensic agent, all revolving around the sexual exploitation of children. As his sophistication as an investigator grew, so did the terrible actions of the child molesters. These are his stories.

This fascinating account of Kevin's career will pull back the covers, take off the blinders, and show you what it's really like to investigate these horrific crimes. After hearing from Kevin directly, and reading his book you'll understand the gravity of the crimes, and be able to read between the lines of the news reports that can't mention even ten percent of what you are about to read. His book is a must-read for anyone seeking to investigate these types of crimes. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride!

This episode is EXPLICIT so it listen at your own risk! NO CHILDREN PLEASE.

This week we are continuing our series from the Crimes Against Children Conference and the Hero's who work in the field day in and day out. While today's guest is going to remain anonymous, the passion and dedication to bringing children back to restorative health and wellbeing will be evident. Thank you to ALL of the silent Hero's that work in this arena, without you and the sacrifices you make, many more children would suffer. #herosworkicac

What a tremendous honor it was to speak to Detective Sergeant John Schneemilch (Retired) from the South Australia Police. John was the lead Major Crimes Detective on the Carly Ryan case and is an amazing man, and now friend! This was John's first time in person at the Crimes Against Children Conference and he shares his opinions on this and much more. 

Jim Tanner has been a community corrections professional since 1970. He has worked with both adult and juvenile offenders in a wide variety of capacities, served on the faculty of three universities, and has provided training for justice system professionals since 1980. He is nationally recognized for his pioneering work in field computer forensics, sex offender cognitive sets, and discourse analysis (deception detection). His contributions to criminal justice planning have also received national recognition.

Listen as Dr. Tanner shares his expertise in the area of Sex Offender Management, and Grooming. His resources are available here: www.kbsolutions.com

Lawrence Jay Braunstein is a partner in the law firm of Braunstein & Zuckerman, Esqs, in White Plains, New York. His practice includes the areas of Matrimonial and Family Law and related civil and criminal litigation. Since 1985 he has specifically focused his practice in the areas of child custody litigation, including parent-child contact problems and issues involving allegations of parental alienation and refuse/resist dynamics, and litigation involving allegations of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and abusive head trauma (shaken baby) in matrimonial, family and criminal cases. He is recognized by his peers as an expert in these areas and is often hired by other lawyers to assist them in their litigation because of his expertise in these areas.

He regularly lectures as an invited speaker, both nationally and internationally, in the areas of child sexual abuse, physical abuse and shaken baby, child custody litigation, expert witness testimony, courtroom psychology, trial procedures, and on various other criminal, family and matrimonial law topics to judges, attorneys, medical and mental health professionals, law enforcement personnel (State and Federal), prosecutors (State and Federal), and child protection service personnel. 

Since 1999 he has served on the faculty of the New York City Police Department Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigation Course and, since 2014, on the faculty of the New York City Police Department Homicide Investigator Course. In 2004 he was the only defense attorney invited by the FBI to participate as a member of the working group to plan the International Online Child Sexual Victimization Symposium, and to present to both the working group and the Symposium. He has conducted hundreds of training with police departments across the county, with the FBI Behavioral Analysis Units, and with police agencies in England, Scotland, Wales, and South Africa. 

Outside of his practice, Larry believes in the importance of adequately training the next generation of lawyers in both litigation and non-litigation skills. To further that goal he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, New York where he teaches Modern Divorce Advocacy, and Child Abuse and Neglect.

Since 2007 he has been named as one of the “Top Attorneys in the New York Metro Area” as published in the New York Times Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section, and one of the top Twenty-Five “Super Lawyers” in the Westchester County, New York, area. In 2014 he was rated “AV Preeminent” by the Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, indicating his high level of ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary in the United States and Canada. In 2018 he was included in Best Lawyers in America, and his firm was included in Best Law Firms in America.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers.

Larry is a respected member of the legal community and is involved in leadership positions with several professional organizations. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Committee and Former Co-Chair of the Committee on Child Custody; Past Legal Chair of the New York State Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Family Law, and Past Chair of the Westchester County Bar Association, Family Law Section. He is Vice President of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) New York Chapter, and a member of the Expert Faculty of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). He is also a Past Co-President of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) New York Chapter, and a member of the Board of Directors of AFCC International.

Larry is a member of the Board of

Dr. Graham Hill is a British Criminologist and subject matter expert in relation to the behavior of adults who sexually abuse children and men who abduct and murder children. He is a former senior detective and Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) who specialized in the investigation of major crime. During his police service he led many high profile, complex investigations and was commended many times for his leadership and detective ability.
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Dr. Hill is the founder and first head of behavioral analysis for the UK Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre (CEOP). During his time at CEOP he consulted on numerous cases in the UK and overseas working with law enforcement and child protection agencies across Europe, South East Asia, Canada and America.
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Dr. Hill's unique perspective and expertise concerning adult perpetrators of child sexual abuse has been developed over the course of his policing career and the specialist roles he has held together with his academic research. Dr. Hill's research interests include the behavior of adult perpetrators of online and contact child sexual abuse, interviewing adult sex offenders and non-familial child abduction/murder. His work focuses on how research can inform and enhance investigative and child protection practice.
 
Dr. Hill holds a PhD in Criminology and Applied Social Science and a PGC in Forensic Behavioral Psychology he speaks and lectures nationally and internationally in relation to the behavior of adult perpetrators of child sexual abuse. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Leeds University and is a member of the British Society of Criminology.

You won't want to miss a second of this interview that gives an intriguing, and eye opening glimpse into the mind of the offender. His website is here: www.grahamhillcriminologist.com

As we continue our series with live interviews from the 2022 Crimes Against Children Conference, Brandon interviews two professionals in the child exploitation arena. 

We are pleased to continue with the interviews that took place during the 2022 Crimes Against Children Conference. Today's episode is with a good friend, Andy Etherington, who is a National Crime Agency (NCA) Officer in the United Kingdom and currently on assignment at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Andy played a huge role in a recent case which will be featured on a future episode. Please enjoy as Andy explains his current role to assist law enforcement in the United States and many other interesting facts and situations he is seeing in his capacity at NCMEC.

After plenty of discussion about the upcoming Crimes Against Children Conference 2022, we have wrapped a very successful week of presentations, interviews, and LOTS of networking. We are VERY excited for you to hear from the dedicated professionals we met and spoke to.

Today's interview features a very special attendee who travelled more than 18 hours from Bali Indonesia for the conference. Welcome Jessica on her first trip to the United States as she gives us a small glimpse into her role as a Police Officer working in this field.