i dont' think its a laughing matter.
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CBS) It was a cyber setup - an Internet sting that, as CBS News Correspondent Bob McNamara reports, lured a former federal police officer and 16 other men to meet an underage teen for sex.
Aided by the Internet vigilante group Perverted Justice, which covertly exposes online sexual predators, Kansas City CBS Affiliate KCTV unmasked a seamy side of the World Wide Web.
"It's worse than we realize," says KCTV reporter Steve Chamraz. "It's worse than parents realize. It's worse than law enforcement realizes."
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Last year, one in five kids aged 10 to 17 received an Internet sexual solicitation, and some fear police are too ill-equipped to keep up.
So the self-deputized volunteers of Perverted Justice patrol chat rooms trying to publicly shame those who prey on children for sex.
"They're trying to take advantage of innocence," says Perverted Justice member Xavier Von Erck. "It's completely wrong, it's one of the most wrong things you can do."