105 Children have been rescued in 76 cities across the US as part of
the Innocence Lost Initiative saving them from sex trafficking and
exploitation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said.
At a news conference on Monday, the agency said that the youngest
victim rescued over the weekend was a 13-year-old and authorities had
arrested 150 pimps in a-three-day nationwide raids.
Assistant director of the FBI’s criminal investigative division, Ron
Hosko said: “Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children
across America.”
“This operation serves as a reminder that these abhorrent crimes can
happen anywhere and that the FBI remains committed to stopping this
cycle of victimisation and holding the criminals who profit from this
exploitation accountable.”
47 FBI divisions took part in the operations and over 3,900 local,
state and federal law enforcement officers with agents from 230 separate
agencies joined in the raid which has become the FBI’s largest action
to date focusing on the recovery of sexually exploited children, NBC
news reports.
Authorities claimed, the so called pimps targeted children who had
problems especially those from broken homes, those with a history of
abuse, low self- esteem, and little social support.
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