One of the most insidious and disturbing crimes are those
committed against children and other vulnerable populations. It is so important
that we understand the precursors to these crimes and what we can do to prevent
them from occurring. Additionally, we need to understand what these crimes look
like in our homes, in the street, and how we contact law enforcement. In
Episode 64 Austin Berrier and I
talk about this difficult topic, his role as a Special Agent dealing with crimes
against children and how pervasive this form of criminal activity has become. This
is an uncomfortable topic but one that must be addressed head on, I hope you
learn something of value. Thanks for listening!
A little about our guest:
Austin Berrier has been
a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) since January
2003. Special Agent Berrier has been assigned to both the Los Angeles,
California and Phoenix, Arizona field offices. During his time with HSI Special
Agent Berrier has investigated commercial fraud, maritime smuggling, contraband
smuggling and criminal street gangs. He has been assigned to Crimes
Against Children since January 2009. During that time Special Agent
Berrier has conducted both traditional and undercover online investigations
across a broad spectrum of platforms such as peer-to-peer, social media,
file-sharing and live-streaming platforms. Special Agent Berrier is a
recipient of the 2018 Assistant Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for
Project Mercury, a 3 ½ year online undercover investigation that has led to the
arrest and/or indictment of over 200 child predators globally, the
identification of over two dozen victims of contact abuse and the safeguarding
of nearly 6o additional children prior to abuse occurring. Special Agent
Berrier has presented and instructed both within the U.S. as well as
Internationally in Canada and at EUROPOL and INTERPOL. Prior to his
employment with the U.S. Government, Special Agent Berrier spent five years in
municipal policing with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office and four years as
Military Policemen in the United States Marine Corps assigned to Security
Company, HMX-1 (Marine One), Presidential Helicopter Squadron.
Other resources for interested listeners:
National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
https://www.missingkids.org/HOME
United
Stated Department of Justice, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(DOJ-CEOS)
https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos
Homeland
Security Investigations Cyber Crime Center (HSI-C3)
https://www.ice.gov/partnerships-centers/cyber-crimes-center
Department
of Homeland Security Center for Countering Human Trafficking
https://www.ice.gov/features/ccht
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If you would like to contact today’s guest.
in: Austin Berrier
Austin J. Berrier, Jr.
Special Agent
Homeland Security Investigations - Phoenix
3010 N. 2nd St., Suite 201
Phoenix AZ, 85012
602.391.8677
Austin.Berrier@ice.dhs.gov
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