When a brand (of the important ones) goes into crisis, the marketing department is activated immediately. Try to solve the problem as soon as possible, communicating effectively and without delay. They know it from Disney to the big oil companies or the banks.
The problem arises when the crisis stems from very sensitive issues. In those moments, nobody would want to be in the shoes of those who make decisions, because the truth is that they are very complicated.
An interesting example is what is happening in Florida, United States, where 17 people were arrested in the framework of an operation called “Child Protection”.
They are charged with serious crimes related to the harassment and attempted abuse of minors that were caught online. Of the 17, three said they work for Walt Disney and one for Starbucks.
Detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and other partner agencies conducted a sting operation from July 27 to August 1, 2021, during which detectives posed as minors on social media platforms, apps mobile phones and online dating sites to investigate those who take advantage and travel to meet children for illegal sexual activity ”, published this Wednesday B911 with official information.
The suspects contacted and summoned those they thought were children between the ages of 13 and 14 for sexual acts. The suspects, now in custody, showed up, at different times, to meet with those they thought were children.
Some of them, before, transmitted pornographic images while telling the “children” (who were undercover policemen), via social networks, that they would pay them.
In total, detectives arrested 17 suspects, who now face 49 felonies that range from traveling to meet a minor for sexual intercourse, attempted lewd assault, and using a computer to seduce a child, to illegal use. of a device to transmit harmful material.
The youngest suspect arrested is 26 and the two oldest are 47.
Among the detainees is Javier Aquino Kenneth, from Orlando, who works as a lifeguard at the Animal Kingdom Lodge in Mundo de Walt Disney. “When he arrived at the scene, he was still dressed as a Disney employee,” police said.
#BREAKING: Multiple Walt Disney Employees Among 17 Suspects Arrested in Undercover Child Predator Operation – https://t.co/cy1sqfPMtG pic.twitter.com/MGC9i5XXKe
– Breaking911 (@ Breaking911) August 4, 2021
At Walt Disney and at Starbucks
Another of the detainees is called Carlos Flores placeholder image, 36, also from Orlando. According to the Police, he is the manager of a Starbucks at the International Airport of that city.
Jonathan McGrewThe 34-year-old, also detained, contacted one of the undercover detectives posing as a 14-year-old girl and told him that he wanted to have sex with her.
McGrew said working on Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios, the same as Savannah lawrence, also among those processed by the Police.