Over a million children are being forced into sexual exploitation worldwide .
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Over a million children are being forced into sexual exploitation worldwide .
The “ Boy in the Green Shirt ” was an investigation that started in Southeast Asia after the police in another country found photos of an unidentified young boy in a green shirt being sexually assaulted . They requested the support of the O . U . R . Operations Team to gather additional intelligence which may help find the young boy in the green shirt .
The O . U . R . Ops Team quickly determined that the offender was heavily involved in activities which provided him unsupervised contact with young children , such as giving art lessons and music lessons . It was decided that an O . U . R . Operator would go undercover to befriend the offender . I ’ m the O . U . R . Undercover Operator who befriended this offender , integrated my undercover identity into his life , and eventually gained access to not only his inner-circle of friends but to the boy in the green shirt . I will be telling this story firsthand .
I began by booking the offender for drawing lessons since he was advertising these services via his social media profile . On the very first art lesson with the offender , it was clear that he had direct access to multiple underage victims who were often seen at his home playing , swimming , and hanging out . Walking away from the offender ’ s house following my first art lesson , leaving behind 2 young neighborhood boys who had come to swim with the offender was difficult , to say the least .
Shortly after this meeting , the offender and I became friends on social media . The offender was seen to be heavily involved in the acting / modeling industry with contacts with agents and photographers . A pattern began to emerge where the offender would befriend a potential victim , encourage him and his family members to pursue acting / modeling , and then use his connections to book casting calls , photoshoots , etc . Once the victim and his family began trusting the offender , he would begin having unsupervised contact with the victim . All
of the children that the offender was seen interacting with in this manner were young boys between the ages of 6-10 years old .
Once we became friends on social media , it didn ’ t take long to find the boy in the green shirt . This boy , like many others who had unfortunately crossed paths with this offender , had been victimized and exploited while being left unsupervised with him during photoshoots and casting calls across the city . The boy in the green shirt is “ Simon ”.
I stared at Simon ’ s face for about 2 months while we did everything we possibly could to identify him . We studied and researched the clothing company of the green shirt he was seen wearing . We reviewed every single modeling / photoshoot for that clothing company which included thousands of photos of child models . None of them were Simon . My entire team of O . U . R . Operators poured over every single detail in the photos of Simon , including imperfections in the office furniture , visible paint spatter from one of the walls being recently repainted , and manufacturing details in the window frame behind the bed . Nothing pointed to this kid . But after integrating into the offender ’ s personal and online life , and into his inner-circle of friends , we finally found Simon . But we didn ’ t only find Simon . We found so much more .
Law enforcement investigators were able to use the information provided by O . U . R . and they tracked down that exact window frame and bedroom with the same paint spatter on the floor . And the same computer desk . Actually , they found the exact room where Simon was sexually abused when he was 6 years old .
The offender loved to eat Burger King and would often talk about eating at a particular Burger King located in a local mall . For our final art lesson , I requested that we meet at that exact Burger King so I could buy him lunch . He was so excited . Just as we began our lesson , multiple plainclothes officers entered from directly behind
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the offender and took him into custody , prior to him getting to enjoy his delicious Burger King flame-broiled Whopper . I doubt they ’ ll be serving Whoppers in prison anytime soon .
They found not only Simon , but over 50 other local children have been identified that were systematically befriended , groomed , and sexually abused not only by the offender who abused Simon , but by many people within the offender ’ s inner circle of friends . Simon ’ s abuser is sitting in a prison as we speak .
Simon is safe . He has been receiving aftercare support from O . U . R . and the local government . He ’ s no longer involved in acting or modeling . The O . U . R . Aftercare team keeps in close contact with Simon and his family to remind them that just because an investigation ends , O . U . R .’ s support does not .
I almost never write a “ story from the field ”. I prefer to do my work , write my reports , and support law enforcement and move on from one case to the next case . But in this instance , I want everyone involved with O . U . R . to know how proud I am to be a part of the Southeast Asia team and support law enforcement here . Lives are being changed here .
I ’ m left speechless regularly at the things that are being accomplished and the lives that are being affected and it ’ s all because of the support provided by all of you . Thank you .
Respectfully , An O . U . R . Operator
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