Chat Rooms Help FBI Hunt for Pedophiles

Iria · May 15, 2006, 06:18 PM

Source: ABC News
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CALVERTON, Md. May 15, 2006 (AP)— Seconds after she announces her presence in an online chat room, the girl is besieged by a half-dozen men who want to know more about her.

"r u a virgin?" one man asks, after about a dozen quick exchanges that begin with her age (13) and why she is home on a school day (illness).

The edgy online banter is taking place in an AOL chat room ostensibly for women who like older men, but known as a forum for men who want to make contact with girls. The supposed 13-year-old in this case, though, is not a child, but an undercover FBI agent who is working out of the bureau's main child pornography unit in a suburban Washington office park.

May 15, 2006, 06:18 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Chat Rooms Help FBI Hunt for Pedophiles Source: ABC News ___________ CALVERTON, Md. May 15, 2006 (AP)— Seconds after she announces her presence in an online chat room, the girl is besieged by a half-dozen men who want to know more about her. "r u a virgin?" one man asks, after about a dozen quick exchanges that begin with her age (13) and why she is home on a school day (illness). The edgy online banter is taking place in an AOL chat room ostensibly for women who like older men, but known as a forum for men who want to make contact with girls. The supposed 13-year-old in this case, though, is not a child, but an undercover FBI agent who is working out of the bureau's main child pornography unit in a suburban Washington office park.