More than 100 teens rescued in weekend sex-trafficking raids, FBI says
By Pete Williams and Erin McClam, NBC News
More than 100 teenagers involved in sex trafficking and exploitation were rescued over the weekend in coordinated raids encompassing more than 70 cities, the FBI said Monday.
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 pitches tend to be: Girls are enticed with compliments or offers, do they want to make some money," Hosko said. "Then they are trapped into this cycle that involves drugs, that involves physical abuse. It may involve torture."
Criminal charges against the 150 will include human trafficking, authorities said.
An estimated 240,000 children in the United States are considered at risk of sexual exploitation.
This story was originally published on Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:38 AM EDT
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NBC News | July 29, 2013
FBI releases video of child sex-trafficking busts
Raw video of the FBI's undercover sex-trafficking raids, called Operation Cross Country 7, shows the arrests of pimps across the country in a massive child prostitution crackdown.
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/52611950?FROM=EN-US_MSNHP#52611950
fox stated 60% were foster kids.our tax dollars at work.
i wonder how many of the parents willingly gave their kids to the state versus how many were taken.
i personally believe cps does more harm than good.
Well only a couple of years ago when our Gov here in Oz wanted to monitor crap or do what have you they pulled the Child Kiddy Crap in relation to web monitoring.
Oddly though the RC church get's away with it, so we better get our church in order before we start chasing the loose strand's so to speak ;)
Sexual abuse 'in the DNA of Roman Church'QuoteFormer monk and priest, and now advocate for victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, Patrick J Wall, says sexual abuse of children has been part of the culture of the Catholic Church as far back as 60 AD and despite constant attempts by the Popes to curtain the problem, it has never been snuffed out.
SOURCE:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-26/sexual-abuse-in-the-dna-of-roman-church/4541866
SO where do we sit with the FBI busting case's ?
FBI, CIA or the RC, all the same :D
Quote from: Somamech on July 29, 2013, 07:52:32 PM
Sexual abuse 'in the DNA of Roman Church'
SOURCE:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-26/sexual-abuse-in-the-dna-of-roman-church/4541866
SO where do we sit with the FBI busting case's ?
Honestly an amazing interview to listen to and who is running perhaps Your Church! ;)
Another thread that turns into a thread against the Catholic Church...
I don't think those pimps were Catholic priests.
I agree, ArMaP, though I would bet that here and there a priest partook of the...services.
well i will loose no sleep over any organized religion
but
Soma.. WHAT..?
if abuse is anywhere it's in the dna of humans as a whole..
i am feeling bruised by all this pick on others stuff..on so many levels
i think you kinda went off the deep end there my friend
but if you feel it merits a thread..please start one and see where it takes ya