Assistant Director, FBI Criminal Investigative Division, Ron Hosko
The
Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday said that 105 children
involved in sex trafficking and exploitation have been recovered in 76
cities across the US over the weekend.
At a news conference, the agency said
that authorities also arrested 150 pimps in a-three-day nationwide
raids, adding that the youngest victim rescued was 13.
“Child prostitution remains a persistent
threat to children across America,” said Ron Hosko, assistant director
of the FBI’s criminal investigative division.
“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.”
It was the FBI’s largest action to date focusing on the recovery of sexually exploited children, according to NBC news.
The pimps preyed in particular on
troubled children, including children from broken homes or with a
history of abuse, low self- esteem, and little social support,
authorities said.
Forty-seven FBI divisions took part in
the operations, along with more than 3,900 local, state and federal law
enforcement officers and agents from 230 separate agencies.
The latest operation was part of the
Innocence Lost Initiative, which has resulted in more than 2,700
children being recovered from trafficking and sexual exploitation since
2003.
culled from Punch
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