Have you ever thought about whose job it is to track international fugitives, hunt child abductors, conduct espionage, or pull human remains from concealed mass graves? Every day thousands of good and decent people work in these Dark Arenas. They’ve chosen professions that grapple with the grotesque, deal with the deviant, and dodge the dangerous. In audiochuck’s newest original series, Dark Arenas, you will hear first-hand accounts of what it's like to investigate the darkest crimes and most violent criminals in society. This Episode: Devil in the DetailsSome federal agents' nine-to-five job is reviewing thousands of images and videos of child sex abuse material. Their meticulous work in this dark arena exposes details hidden within the images that help track and catch predators. In today's episode, we talk one-on-one with the FBI agent whose best tool against child sex predators is the predator.We’re releasing 8 more full-length, ad-free episodes every Wednesday, exclusively on Stitcher Premium! Just go to https://stitcher.com/premium and sign up using the promo code ‘ARENAS’ and enjoy one month of Stitcher Premium for FREE when you select a monthly plan.
The podcast takes a deep dive into the disturbing reality of how child sexual abuse material is processed by investigators trying to find the culprits. It provides true information on how such crimes are solved by the dedicated individuals and what their job entails.
Karen supervises a team of agents who review and catalog thousands of images of child sexual abuse material in order to identify both national and international offenders. By looking at the images, they can gather clues such as items in the background to give them a time frame for the abuse.
An FBI agent explains how geospatial units can be used to identify patterns and hidden criminal activity on the dark web, including cases involving child sexual abuse material. Despite criminals' attempts to manipulate images and hide their activities, new tools and techniques are helping law enforcement to process and analyze data more quickly and effectively.
The job of a child protection police officer involves dealing with heinous images of child abuse which are hard to fathom; however, various measures have been deployed to tackle it like counseling and educating people on child safety measures.
The transcript discusses the prevalence of child sexual abuse materials in the United States and the need for engagement with the FBI's ECAP program to help catch predators. The last sentence contains an ad for a future season of a podcast, but it is not promoting any product.