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Registered Sex Offender Who Trafficked Three Children From Philly To NJ Sentenced, Feds Say Registered Sex Offender Who Trafficked Three Children From Philly To NJ Sentenced, Feds Say
Registered Sex Offender Who Trafficked Three Children From Philly To NJ Sentenced, Feds Say A Camden man will spend more than 21 years in prison for sex trafficking three children, authorities said. Semaj Gilmore, 35, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 5 to 21 years and eight months in federal prison, New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a news release. He previously pleaded guilty to three counts of sex trafficking minors. Gilmore has been in custody since April 2021, when authorities discovered a missing Pennsylvania child was being advertised for sexual services on a website frequently used for prostitution. An undercover federal agent contacted …

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by Chris Spiker
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11-Year-Old Among Hundreds Of Nationwide Sexploitation Victims Rescued By FBI, Local Agencies 11-Year-Old Among Hundreds Of Nationwide Sexploitation Victims Rescued By FBI, Local Agencies
11-Year-Old Among Hundreds Of Nationwide Sexploitation Victims Rescued By FBI, Local Agencies FBI agents based in New Jersey teamed up with local, county and state authorities to rescue five sexually exploited teenagers who were among hundreds of victims located or identified during a two-week nationwide blitz. The New Jersey joint FBI operation with State Police, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and police from Newark, Jersey City and Morris Township was part of a nationwide enforcement campaign dubbed “Operation Cross Country.” Across the United States, similar operations the first two weeks in August identified and located a total of 84 minor victims of child sex traffickin…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation 16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation
16 Missing Children Across Philadelphia Area Recovered In Multi-Agency Operation A four-week operation by U.S Marshals and other local officials located 16 children who went missing from across the Philadelphia area --  including four believed to be involved in sex-trafficking, authorities announced. "Operation Safeguard," led by the U.S. Marshals Service Offices in Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services, and Bucks County Children Youth Service, was an "enforcement operation focused on human trafficking and the location and recovery of critically missing and exploited children," that ran from February 15 through March 15, according to a feder…

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by Nicole Acosta