Washington, D.C. – This week the U.S. Department of Justice announced  the arrest of more than 2,300 suspected child sex offenders, including a  member of the U.S. Secret Service, and identified nearly 400 abused  children during the three-month operation that ended in May. Of those  arrested, 195 were suspected of producing child pornography or  committing child sexual abuse. 

“No child should ever have to endure sexual abuse,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions noted in a Justice Department press release. 

“And  yet, in recent years, certain forms of modern technology have  facilitated the spread of child pornography and created greater  incentives for its production. We at the Department of Justice are  determined to strike back against these repugnant crimes. “ 

The operation, dubbed “Broken Heart,” was conducted by Internet  Crimes Against Children (ICAC) taskforces operating in all 50 states  across and involved more than 4,500 federal, state, local and tribal law  enforcement agencies. Operation Broken Heart,  which is funded through the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of  Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, has been an annual law  enforcement operation since its inception in 2014. 

It has resulted in  the arrests of thousands of suspected child sex predators. “It is estimated that at least 100,000 children—girls and boys—are bought and sold for sex in the U.S. every year,  with as many as 300,000 children in danger of being trafficked each  year. Some of these children are forcefully abducted, others are  runaways, and still others are sold into the system by relatives and  acquaintances,” according to the Rutherford Institute. 

Targets of the nationwide operation include individuals suspected of  sex trafficking children, engaging in online enticement of children for  sexual purposes, producing or possessing child pornograph, and traveling  to foreign countries or across state lines to sexually abuse children. 

A previous iteration of this operation, called Broken Heart III, ran from April to May 2016, and netted over 1,000 suspected child sexual predators nationwide. Contrary to the stereotype of a recluse pedophiles living in their  mother’s basements, the arrests instead involved numerous high-profile  figures within society. At the time, John Reynolds, acting special agent  in charge for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations said that among those arrested were entertainers, community leaders, white-collar professionals and clergy members. The latest operation, according to local media reports, saw a Secret Service employee residing in Maryland arrested as part of the pedophilia investigation. 

Investigators arrested Andrew Lund, a fourth grade teacher and school supervisor at Glen Cove Elementary school in Vallejo, California. Interestingly, as independent journalist Mike Cernovich presciently  pointed out, mainstream media seems to have little interest in  highlighting the scourge of pedophilia exposed by this operation.   

This news comes on the heels of a report out of UNICEF which found that child trafficking has become the world’s fastest growing crime. While the mainstream media and their establishment praetorian guard,  such as Snopes, often attempt to hide the ugly reality of rampant  pedophilia – especially when potentially connected to the societal  power-elite – here at The Free Thought Project we have consistently  tried to shine a light on the insidious epidemic. Some examples of this include the high-profile pedophilia scandal that gripped the U.K., before being unceremoniously swept under the rug. 

In that case, historical abuse by politically connected elites, celebrities, and politicians was brought to light —  with an official inquiry being started — only to have the inquiry  “crumble” after heavy pressure was exerted by highly placed power  brokers within the U.K. establishment. Ironically, this was almost the exact same scenario as what took place in the United States in what became known as the Franklin child sex ring coverup.  Once the FBI took over the investigation from state authorities, it  turned into a witch hunt to persecute the child victims – going so far  as to charge them with perjury in a successful attempt to scare the  other 70+ victims to recant their testimony regarding the child sex  ring.

 While the story received a measure of newspaper coverage due to the  dogged investigations of state senator John DeCamp, there was a complete  blackout by the national mass media – likely due to implicating the  White House — thus most Americans have never heard about this salacious  child sex scandal. 

In case after case, the Free Thought Project has reported on  horrifying cases of child sex rings that were allowed to go on for  decades because politicians — including heads of states — police, clergy, and others were all in on the sick game. While establishment propagandists like Snopes would have you believe  these cases are “conspiracy theories,” the reality is that groups like  Snopes—deliberately or not—are simply running interference for the  politically connected power-elite.