This was “Operation Masquerade” against alleged sexual predators in Atlanta, which has 11 inmates and five Hispanics.

Branded as alleged ‘online sexual predators’, 11 were arrested in a major police operation in Atlanta, United States.

Operation Masquerade took place over three days, journalist Jensser Morales reported, on Monday, October 30, 2023, in front of Univisión Atlanta.

Among those arrested are five Hispanics. One from Guatemala said he was a “Bible salesman”; another, from Venezuela, indicated he had only been in the United States for a month and fourteen days.

What were these 11 prisoners doing?

The US news network, citing authorities, explained that Operation Masquerade focused on the search for alleged online sexual predators.

“Five law enforcement agencies” participated in the arrest of these alleged “sexual predators,” the Forsyth Sheriff’s Office, the local District Attorney’s Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), the Alpharetta Police Department, and the Department of Homeland Security.”

Several subjects were intercepted while traveling overland.

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In his report the communicator identified those who have been arrested Spanish speaking as:

According to Telemundo Atlanta, the others arrested are Tucker Pigott, 29 years old; Srinath Banothu, 28: Cody Wood, 33; Tahir Taylor, 24; Peter Heintz, 39, and Michael Kinser, 29.

How a sexual predator acts

Generally, men pose as girls or young men to gain the trust of minors. Then they ask for photos or videos with intimate content. That is care.

Grooming – in the words of the Buenos Aires Public Prosecutor’s Office – consists of the intentional harassment of a child or adolescent for sexual purposes through the use of electronic communications, telecommunications or any other data transmission technology.

A crime occurs “when telematic contact with a minor can, by its nature, violate the sexual integrity of the latter. It may be related to the crime of corruption of minors, sexual abuse of children in derivative digital representations, sexual abuse in general and even human trafficking.”

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What do you recommend to parents?

Nora Rodríguez, psychologist, explained before April 2022 on Univisión, who the children targeted by sexual predators:

They ask parents strengthen the bond with your childrentalk to them, ask them questions, listen to them

Monitor schedules where children can come into contact with telephones or computers.

Prevent them from going to bed at night with cell phones or tablets.

In grooming, the Buenos Aires Public Prosecutor’s Office warns, “the perpetrator will take advantage of the established bond and the information obtained, and will try to obtain a virtual or physical sexual relationship, manipulating and blackmailing the victim with the material obtained.” (JO)