Omaha Repeat Offender Sentenced to 180 Months for Child Pornography

United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Gregory Hanssen, 44, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for Transportation of Child Pornography with a Prior Conviction. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Hanssen to 180 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal prison system. After his release from prison, Hanssen will be on supervised release for 20 years and will be required to register as a sex offender.

In July 2019, the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force executed a search warrant at Hanssen’s residence after receiving a Cyber Tipline Report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children indicating that a Google Photos user had uploaded apparent child pornography. Federal agents seized and searched Hanssen’s cell phone and tablet device and located more than 700 images of child pornography.

In 2006, Hanssen was convicted in separate cases of First Degree Sexual Abuse and Distribution, Possession, or Viewing of Child Pornography in the state of Arkansas.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

This case was investigated by the Omaha FBI's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force