Ernie Allen
Ernie Allen
Ernie Allenis an attorney who served as the President & CEO of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Childrenfor 23 years until June 2012, and the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Childrenuntil 2014...
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We'll be using our forensic tools, imaging technology and our artists to help with the unidentified bodies, ... Our fear is that, as the waters decline, there are going to be thousands.
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We believe that if we can take the profitability out of this business, we can save the lives of thousands of kids.
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We're looking to get additional medical needs evacuees, ... As far as others, we're not sure if we will get them.
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Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.
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Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum.
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We're working on these one case at a time, doing old-fashioned gumshoe detective work. Every report we get, we have to treat as if it's potentially serious and the child is at risk.
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The people at the shelter had no idea whether the parents were alive or dead,
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This is daunting. It's going to take some time, ... These kids are not missing in the traditional sense. The key to this is communication.
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Not only have we seen an increase in reports of Internet child pornography, but the victims are becoming younger and the images are becoming more graphic and violent. To eliminate the commercial viability of child pornography, we must stop the flow of money. To do that, we need the involvement of the world's leaders in the payments industry and the Internet. The founding members of the Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography are to be commended for joining this critical fight.
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Not only are we recovering more kids but we're hearing from more parents.
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The vast majority of the cases in our judgment are what we would call 'fractured families,'
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Every day, more than 2,000 children are reported missing to law enforcement, ... However, 1 in 6 six children featured in NCMEC's missing child poster distribution network are recovered because someone recognized the child and called authorities. The power of pictures can't be overstated.
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What's been most important is letting people know the existence of the Web site and the fact that there's a special effort.
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What our people are hearing in the shelters is that folks are afraid to sleep because they're afraid a picture of their loved ones will be posted on the shelter's bulletin board and they don't want to miss it,