Overview

• More than 70 Texas law enforcement agencies and federal partners joined forces in April to dismantle networks producing, distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.
• The operation yielded 368 federal and state charges, including grand jury indictments for distributing child pornography and sexually exploiting minors to produce illicit content.
• Authorities executed 165 search warrants and confiscated 1,130 digital devices containing over 213 terabytes of illicit data from suspects.
• Analysts from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children provided critical intelligence and coordination that enabled high-risk rescues and prosecutions.
• Many of the rescued children had never been reported missing, highlighting the hidden extent of online exploitation.