79 Teenagers Rescued in A Nation Wide Prostitution Sting
79 teenagers forced into prostitution were rescued by the law-enforcement and the FBI at hotels, truck stops and storefronts in a sex-
According to the FBI the three-day law enforcement action apprehended 104 pimps on variety of prostitution related charges.
"Child prostitution remains a major threat to children across America," said Kevin L. Perkins, acting executive assistant director of the FBI's Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch.
One child reported being involved in prostitution at the age of 11 according to Perkins. Social media was found to be used to lure minors, and pimps used threats against their families to hold them against their will.
American teenagers 77 girls and 2 boys as young as 13 were being placed with child-welfare organizations.
The crackdown is just the tip of the Iceberg, "it is clear that child prostitution and sex trafficking do not just occur somewhere else on the other side of the world - crimes are occurring in American cities and the victims are American kids," according to Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
