How to report possible child predator
Parents, Caregivers, Teachers — FBI
Get advice and information to help protect your children from dangers lurking in both the online and offline worlds. Learn how to contact us and report child abductions and sexual exploitation.
The FBI has jurisdiction to immediately investigate any reported mysterious disappearance or kidnapping involving a child. Do not wait to report a missing child.
Call your local FBI field office or the closest international office. You can also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.
To report online child sexual exploitation, use the electronic Cyber Tip Line or call 1-800-843-5678. The Cyber Tip Line is operated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in partnership with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
If your child is being abducted internationally by a family member and is not yet abroad, contact the U.S. Department of State.
For more information:
- How the FBI Investigates Child Abductions
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- AMBER Alerts
- Missing Children Cases
The Child ID app allows you to store photos and vital information about your child so you can quickly share it with security or police. It also includes tips on keeping children safe and guidance on what to do in those first crucial hours after a child goes missing.
Data and photos are stored only on your mobile device. They are not shared until you choose to send the information to authorities.
You can download the app on:
- App Store (Apple)
- Google Play (Android)
National Sex Offender Registry
The National Sex Offender website allows every citizen to search the latest information from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and numerous Indian tribes for the identity and location of known sex offenders.
Online Risks
Sextortion: What Kids and Caregivers Need to Know
Sextortion is a crime that involves adults coercing kids and teens into sending explicit images online. The FBI has several resources to help caregivers and young people better understand what sextortion is, how to protect against it, and how to talk about this growing and devastating threat.
Learn More
The FBI's Safe Online Surfing (SOS) program teaches students in grades 3 to 8 how to navigate the web safely. The age-appropriate lessons and games cover topics like cyberbullying, protecting personal information, recognizing trustworthy and untrustworthy sites, and avoiding malware. The program is available in English or Spanish.
Anyone can complete the activities on the FBI SOS website. The testing and competition, however, are only open to students in grades 3-8 whose teachers have registered their public, private, or home schools through the SOS website.
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Chasing the Dragon is a documentary released by the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration to help young people understand the risks and dangers of opioids.
Watch it with your children. Start the conversation.
If you suspect or know your child is using drugs, learn more and seek the help of professionals through the resources below.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
Human Trafficking
If you believe a child is involved in a trafficking situation, submit a tip through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline or call 1-800-THE-LOST. FBI personnel assigned to NCMEC review information that is provided to the CyberTipline.
Visit the FBI’s human trafficking webpage for more information and resources.
Gangs
Visit the FBI’s violent gangs webpage for more information on the gang threat and anti-gang resources.
What to Do When a Child Predator Contacts Your Child
You’ve installed monitoring software on all of your child’s devices.
You don’t allow screens in the bedroom. You’re careful about where you let your kids hang out online. But somehow, your child still gets contacted by a child predator. What do you do now?
With the dangers of child predators on the internet, many parents have questions about what to do when they realize their child has been communicating with a predator. We recently held a Virtual Town Hall to discuss online safety and this was a question our expert guests answered. If you find that your child has been contacted by a predator, here is exactly what you should do.
3 STEPS TO TAKE WHEN A CHILD PREDATOR CONTACTS YOUR CHILD
1. Document everything. Screenshot the evidence of the conversations between your child and the predator. Make sure that you capture the username and time stamps of the conversation and what was said. Do not report the predator’s account to the social media or other platform just yet (we’ll do that in step #3).
Many parents who find themselves in this heartbreaking situation ask if by documenting with screenshots they would be considered to be in possession of child sexual abuse materials and subject to prosecution.
The answer to that is “No.” You will not be prosecuted for screenshotting images that get turned over to law enforcement.
2. Get help & contact law enforcement. Don’t try to handle this on your own. Local law enforcement agencies are important partners in addressing the issue of child predators and keeping your kids safe. Contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)’s Cyber Tip Line and submit a report with your evidence. NCMEC will review your tip and will work to find a potential location for the incident reported so that it may be made available to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation. They will know what to do and what needs to happen to make sure everyone stays safe.
3. Follow law enforcement instructions to block and report to online platform. Once you’re in contact with law enforcement via NCMEC, follow their guidance on how and when to report to social media or other online platform. This is important because when you make a report to the online platform, the predator’s account will get shut down, and inadvertently alert them that they have been found out.
This then leads to the predator avoiding detection, creating a new account and continuing to abuse more children. Ensure that you block and report only after law enforcement gives the green light to do so. You need to make sure that they have everything they need for their investigation and that your actions don’t compromise the take down.
Finding out your child has been contacted by a predator is a heart-wrenching experience, but if you follow the steps we’ve outlined you will be able to help protect even more children from being abused. Taking the time to document the interactions, getting help, reporting what happened to law enforcement, and following their instructions will greatly increase the odds the predator will be successfully apprehended and brought to justice.
Finally, take care of yourself and your family and seek counselling to deal with the feelings that come from such a traumatic experience. You can do everything by the book and still have a predator slip through the cracks and contact your child, so it’s important not to blame yourself.
All parents are doing the best they can to navigate the complicated world of online safety.
Why a hare runs in front of a car, and how a deer behaves because of the headlights, explained Rosprirodnadzor in St. Petersburg December 15, 2022 - December 15, 2022
Society it is getting dark in St. Petersburg, drivers should be careful: you can meet wild animals on the roads. This is not about predators - you need to be prepared even for the appearance of a hare. This was warned on December 15 by the press service of the Rosprirodnadzor department for the Northwestern Federal District.
Some animals cannot get out of the beam of headlights. For example, a hare has eyes located on the sides of its head: when it enters a light path, it sees only darkness and perceives it as an obstacle. The hare will continue to do what it was doing before it was born: it will stay in place or it will run on.
Deer in the headlights freeze and look at a bright object - they see the danger, but do not understand how fast it is approaching.
In addition, these animals see perfectly in the dark and lose the ability to navigate with a sharp transition to light.
“The North-West Interregional Directorate of Rosprirodnadzor asks to take into account these circumstances and exercise special care in places where there is a warning sign about the possible appearance of wild animals, as well as in the morning and evening on unlit sections of roads,” the department notes.
Do not wait for the animal to run away on its own when it sees a car: it is better to stop and dim the headlights, if possible.
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Urge to report wolf attacks on livestock
Added: 10/11/2021
attack or receive it late. Timely receipt of information allows experts to investigate the situation and recognize the attack of predators as having taken place. The officially recognized number of attacks serves as the basis for determining the amount of wolves that can be killed.
The State Forest Service invites livestock breeders to report wolf attacks as soon as possible after the incident.
This year, the State Forest Service (SFS) received 33 confirmed reports of wolf attacks, killing 74 sheep, four cattle, five dogs and five red deer in the hunting park. 14 sheep and one goat were injured. Most wolf attacks on livestock were registered in the Ventspils region – six attacks, followed by the Madona and Augšdaugava regions, in each of them there were five attacks.
In mid-September, a certain peasant economy in the Madonsky region was particularly affected by wolf attacks, where three repeated wolf attacks occurred during the week. This farm has also suffered from predator attacks in previous years. Wolves attack livestock, usually when they are injured or sick, because they lack the strength or dexterity to catch wild animals, or if they have realized that this is a quick and easy way to get food.
Although in Latvia no compensation is paid for losses caused by wolves, the SFS encourages reporting of attacks by wolves to the service's structural subdivisions.
Having received information about a possible predator attack, SFS specialists go to the scene to examine it. It is important to report an attack as soon as possible after the incident, while the attacker's DNA material and fingerprints, as well as other relevant information, are available for identification.
The attack, which was investigated and verified by the SFS expert, is officially recognized as having taken place and serves as the basis for further actions by the SFS and determining the volume of hunting of wolves.
In addition, the SFS invites breeders to pay more attention to herd safety and take preventive measures. Do not leave livestock unattended for long periods of time, inspect the herd more frequently, observe the surrounding area, check for damaged fences, monitor for signs of large predators in the surrounding area. Keep livestock in a securely fenced area, especially at night. Sheep can be kept together with cattle, which are less frequently attacked by predators.
A common defense practice is the electric shepherd. It should be borne in mind that an electric shepherd with one or two rows of wire against wolves does not help, a fence with five or six rows of wire is necessary. In addition, the lowest row of wire should not be higher than 20 cm from the ground, if it is higher - the wolves can climb through the bottom. It is recommended to use guard dogs that are constantly with livestock and effectively keep predators from attacking.
The state of the wolf population in Latvia is assessed as stable, and the prevalence of wolves tends to increase. Since the beginning of the hunting season, 144 wolves have been shot, which is more than half of the limit set for this season (280 wolves).
The SFS emphasizes that there is no reason to worry that wolves might attack humans. The last known case when this predator attacked a person was in 2001, this wolf was sick with rabies. Wolves are hunted in Latvia, so they are afraid of humans - this is a natural fear and respect.
