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- Concept
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- Criminal_Operation
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- Chicago
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- Illinois
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- Dallas
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- Texas
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- 1970s
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- Odyssey_Network
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- Child_Trafficking
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The Delta Project was the operational name for [[John David Norman]]'s child trafficking and prostitution network, also referred to as the [[Odyssey Network]]. Based initially in Chicago and later Dallas, the Delta Project operated through a system of "sponsors" connected via coded communications in the [[Hermes]] newsletter and front organizations including the [[Odyssey Foundation]] and [[Educational Foundation for Youth]]. An FBI memo from February 1977 confirmed the Delta Project's connection to [[Troop 137]] in New Orleans and noted that Norman's conviction in December 1976 had ended an ongoing investigation that had continued under [[Phillip Paske]]. The Delta Project was linked to [[Francis Shelden]]'s [[North Fox Island]] operation, [[Father Bud's Boys Farm]] in Tennessee, and [[John Wayne Gacy]]'s network in Chicago through shared participants.[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). *Eye of the Chickenhawk*. United States: Thehotstar. |