Hundreds Arrested in Texas Child Exploitation Sting After Decade-Long Investigation, More Than 100 Children Rescued

Source: International Business Times

FBI task forces in Texas made almost 250 arrests and saved more than one hundred children in an operation targeting online sexual exploitation. Operation Soteria Shield took place over the course of April 2025, and saw law enforcement "seize extensive volumes of digital evidence, including terabytes of illicit data stored on electronic devices that were used in the commission of these crimes," according to the FBI's press release. Devices recovered from the operation will undergo forensic analysis and more arrests may be made as this process is conducted.