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There are few jobs more heart-wrenching than investigating crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Nationally, the typical investigator doesn't work these types of crimes more than three to five years. Kevin J. Laws, now retired, was a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, having worked nearly 20 years investigating the sexual exploitation of children. Almost 11 of those years were spent as an online undercover agent, resulting in the arrests of some of the worst offenders imaginable. Honing his skills working online undercover investigations in the earliest years of the Internet, email, and chat rooms. Laws served as a case agent (lead investigator), undercover agent, and computer forensic agent, all revolving around the sexual exploitation of children. As his sophistication as an investigator grew, so did the terrible actions of the child molesters. These are his stories. This fascinating account of Kevin's career will pull back the covers, take off the blinders, and show you what it's really like to investigate these horrific crimes. After reading this you'll understand the gravity of the crimes, and be able to read between the lines of the news reports that can't mention even ten percent of what you are about to read. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to investigate these types of crimes. Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride!

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Kevin J. Laws was a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Prior to retiring in 2015, he was the HSI subject matter expert on online undercover investigations involving the sexual exploitation of children, and his work has led to the conviction of over sixty perpetrators and has saved countless numbers of children from sexual exploitation. From the time he began assisting with child exploitation investigations in 1996 though his online undercover work in child exploitative chat rooms in the 2000s, he has logged thousands of hours talking with some of the evilest beings among us. He has authored and served more than 120 search warrants pertaining to child sexual exploitation, and has taught online undercover investigations to over five hundred HSI agents as well as state and local investigators. Laws has held classes in seven countries teaching law enforcement how to investigate and convict perpetrators of child sex crimes. Now retired from field work, Laws works as an expert witness, being the voice of survivors in civil proceedings. Laws also continues to lecture about his years working online undercover as well as topics concerning the sexual exploitation of children.

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