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The youngest child was 13 years old, the agency said.
The raids resulted in the arrest of 150 “pimps” involved in the commercial exploitation of both adults and children, said Ronald Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s criminal investigative division.
It was the FBI’s largest action to date focusing on the recovery of sexually exploited children, and took law enforcement agencies to streets, motels, casinos and social media platforms, Hosko said. He said he hoped it would focus attention on sex trafficking, “this threat that robs us of our children.”
The pimps preyed in particular on troubled children, including children from broken homes, authorities said. In some of the cases, they used a popular online classified site, Backpage, to sell the children for sex, authorities said.
The pimps preyed in particular on troubled children, including children from broken homes, authorities said.
Originally posted by MDDoxs
reply to post by goou111
Thank you for posting. Hopefully this creates a large awareness of these dreadful tragedies and the possible reasons behind them.
From the article:
The pimps preyed in particular on troubled children, including children from broken homes, authorities said.
Lets try and fix those broken homes. Unfortunately the current administration seems more interested in other issues....
Glad to see that at least some good work comes from the ABC agencies.
THe level of ignorance when it comes to how tightly people cling to their favorite team is beyond belief.
Originally posted by PatrickGarrow17
So the FBI must have been gathering information on this case for some time. I bet they've known some of these girls have been known to the Feds for a while but they weren't saved in the name of the larger mission.
That's an interesting dilemma. Do you save the exploited girl the day you find her, or use her to lead you to the larger network? Allow her to prostitute for a year to save a few dozen more?
Originally posted by restlessinMT
This is good news yet disturbing. I hope they can round up all the people involved not just the pimps! As a mother of three small kids, this is would be my worst nightmare. I hope these people never see the light of day again. I have no sympathy what so ever for these monsters.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
The youngest was 13 meaning the rest were between 14 and 17. Ya know how many 13 to 17 year old girls i know who are sexually active on their own without any pimp? All of them. It would not surprise me if at least half of these kids did this willingly.
Originally posted by groingrinder
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
The youngest was 13 meaning the rest were between 14 and 17. Ya know how many 13 to 17 year old girls i know who are sexually active on their own without any pimp? All of them. It would not surprise me if at least half of these kids did this willingly.
That does not make pimping them out AOK. Does it?
reply to post by goou111
they used a popular online classified site, Backpage, to sell the children for sex, authorities said.