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(RNN) – At least 149 children were rescued during a nationwide effort to fight the sexual exploitation of children, the FBI said on Tuesday. The youngest child recovered was age 12, the FBI added.
More than 150 pimps were arrested by law enforcement in at least 135 cities, the federal agency said. The effort to reduce child prostitution took place last week, federal officials said.
“When kids are treated as a commodity in seedy hotels and on dark roadsides, we must rescue them from their nightmare and severely punish those responsible for that horror," FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday.
Since its creation in 2003, the Innocence Lost program has recovered about 4,800 sexually-exploited children. And more than 2,000 pimps and others associated with trafficking have been convicted, including at least 15 cases that resulted in life sentences, the FBI says.
“Human trafficking is a monstrous and devastating crime that steals lives and degrades our nation,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.
Stings took place in hotels, casinos, truck stops, and other areas frequented by pimps, prostitutes, and their customers, the FBI said.
For more information about missing and exploited children, visit http://www.missingkids.com/home.
Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/30...in-child-prostitution-crackdown#ixzz3obg4eLAw
More than 150 pimps were arrested by law enforcement in at least 135 cities, the federal agency said. The effort to reduce child prostitution took place last week, federal officials said.
“When kids are treated as a commodity in seedy hotels and on dark roadsides, we must rescue them from their nightmare and severely punish those responsible for that horror," FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday.
Since its creation in 2003, the Innocence Lost program has recovered about 4,800 sexually-exploited children. And more than 2,000 pimps and others associated with trafficking have been convicted, including at least 15 cases that resulted in life sentences, the FBI says.
“Human trafficking is a monstrous and devastating crime that steals lives and degrades our nation,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.
Stings took place in hotels, casinos, truck stops, and other areas frequented by pimps, prostitutes, and their customers, the FBI said.
For more information about missing and exploited children, visit http://www.missingkids.com/home.
Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/30...in-child-prostitution-crackdown#ixzz3obg4eLAw
me off to no end ! I knew 2 sisters that were kidnaped by pimps . They were able to escape , one girl told a 'John' who was an older man she was kidnapped and he helped her . 
