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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Overwhelmingly, they're male, and overwhelmingly, they're white. But they cross the societal spectrum.
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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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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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The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.
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We're trying to mobilize the financial industry to choke off the money.
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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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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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There is a greater and greater demand for younger and younger kids. America doesn't look. People are shocked and horrified when they hear these girls' stories. They say, 'That doesn't happen here. It happens in Thailand. Or the Philippines.' But once you start shining a light on it, you find it everywhere.
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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,
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We got a call from parents of a 7-year-old separated from her mother in the storm. We put the photos on the air and on our Web site, and the child's grandmother called and said, I have her.' That is a pretty good illustration of the kind of situation we're seeing.
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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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News directors are first and foremost looking for news, ... So if you look at the recent cases that have gotten so much attention ... those children disappeared from their homes and their own beds. It is a scenario that absolutely terrifies every parent. Thus, it's news.
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So many children in this situation were not able to tell us or social services who they are and where they lived and what their mom's name was.