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Threat Atlas

The threat to children, measured

Online exploitation and trafficking are happening at a scale most people never see. This page shows the published numbers, what it means for Nevada, and how AIP fights back with disciplined, evidence-first methods.

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Simulation

Ninety seconds from “hey” to a threat

Watch a fictional sextortion attempt unfold in real time, the five warning signs as they appear, and the response that stops it. Every pulse on the map stands for reports like this one.

SIMULATION · FICTIONAL SCENARIO
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STAGE 0/5 · WATCHING THE PATTERN
0Exploitation reports since you opened this page
0Online enticement reports since you opened this page
0Financial sextortion reports since you opened this page

This is a simulation. The conversation is fictional and the map is a dramatization: nothing here is live, intercepted, or located, and AIP does not monitor anyone’s messages. It shows how fast a real sextortion attempt unfolds and where a trained adult can stop it. Counters use NCMEC’s published 2025 averages with time compressed (1 second = 1 minute).

Read the scenario as text
  1. Stranger: hey! saw your Minecraft clips, those were sick 🔥 (Pattern: Flattery. A stranger opens with praise. Offenders build quick trust.)
  2. Child: lol thanks
  3. Stranger: i'm 15 too. we should be friends. what school do u go to? (Pattern: Fishing for details. Claims the same age and asks where the child lives or studies.)
  4. Child: just a school in vegas
  5. Stranger: cool. snap is way better for chatting, add me? don't tell ur parents we talk lol (Pattern: Move and hide. Pushes the chat to a private app and asks for secrecy. A major red flag.)
  6. Child: ok added
  7. Stranger: u seem so mature. send me a private pic, only i'll see it, promise (Pattern: The ask. Requests an image with a false promise of privacy.)
  8. Child: [photo sent]
  9. Stranger: now i have it. send $200 in gift cards or i post it to everyone in ur class (Pattern: Extortion. Threatens to share the image and demands payment. This is sextortion, a crime.)
  10. Response: Trusted adult steps in
  11. Response: Reported to NCMEC
  12. Response: Image removal requested
National picture · 2025

What was reported to the CyberTipline

21.3 millionreports of suspected child exploitationNCMEC CyberTipline, 2025
1.4 millionreports of online enticementincluding 80,000+ reports of sextortion
137 a dayreports of financial sextortionaverage, 2025
400,000+reports with a generative-AI linkNCMEC, 2025
+323%child sex-trafficking reports vs. 2024NCMEC, 2025
3,000+reports of sadistic online exploitationNCMEC, 2025

Total reports by year (millions)

202336.2
202420.5
202521.3

Totals fell in 2024 partly because NCMEC began counting bundled reports differently and because of end-to-end encryption. The categories AIP works on rose sharply. Source: NCMEC CyberTipline data and NCMEC: 2024 in numbers. Read November 14, 2026.

Nevada · 2025

Human trafficking in our state

241trafficking cases identified in NevadaNational Human Trafficking Hotline
349victims involved in those casescases can involve more than one victim
299signals to the Hotline from Nevadacalls, texts, chats, and emails

Cases by type

Sex trafficking144
Sex and labor30
Labor trafficking19

Hotels and motels were the most common setting for sex trafficking cases with a known venue (20 cases), one reason AIP trains workers across Las Vegas hospitality.

Nationally the Hotline logged 52,664 signals, 15,085 cases and 21,457 victims in 2025. Source: National Human Trafficking Hotline: Nevada and National Human Trafficking Hotline statistics. Read November 14, 2026. Case counts are those the Hotline could identify, so real numbers are higher.

Our approach

Tradecraft, applied to prevention

AIP’s leadership brings national-security and incident-response experience to a child-protection mission: a co-founder who spent 27 years with the Central Intelligence Agency, and a technology chief from frontline digital forensics and incident response. We apply the same disciplines that careful investigators and defenders use, with one rule above the rest: protect children and their information first. AIP is an independent nonprofit. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency.

Grade the source

Every claim in our materials is traced to its origin and weighed for reliability before it reaches a parent or student.

Our standard

Test the story

We compare competing explanations and ask what would prove us wrong before we draw a conclusion.

Our standard

Attack our own defenses

Adversarial review of our tools and AI use finds weaknesses before a bad actor does.

Our standard

Collect nothing we shouldn’t

No child’s chats, images, or tip content are collected or stored. Evidence goes to NCMEC and law enforcement.

Our standard

Turn threats into lessons

New scams are tracked and converted into curriculum and parent alerts, with a human sign-off.

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What you can do

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