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CEO of GameSafe DAVID EVERITT spoke to Bill about Geneva is a quiet city in far west suburban Chicago. Some real estate experts even rank it as one of the best places to live in Illinois, giving it high marks for housing, schools, and safety. But online predators don’t care where you live. Thanks to a gaming app, a local teen found herself the victim of online predators just a few months ago. Geneva police posted a warning in March regarding human traffickers targeting juveniles online. The warning said the girl was "contacted by an out-of-state adult" and that "the man and an accomplice enticed the teen to provide funds" for them to meet up with her out of state. After she was reported missing, Geneva police launched an investigation and law enforcement eventually found the girl out of state with the adults who enticed her to leave Illinois. She has since been reunited with her family. The latest report from the NCMEC that looked at missing kids who were enticed online showed Illinois in the top ten states with the most cases. It tied with Michigan and Arizona for the bottom spot. The report included cases where kids met a predator either through an online video game or a social media site. No matter the location, researchers said they are seeing a consistent trend.
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