168 Rescued from Child Sex Trafficking The FBI; its law enforcement partners; and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) recovered 168 children who were being victimized through prostitution and arrested 281 pimps on state and federal charges last month. This was accomplished during Operation Cross Country VIII, a week-long enforcement action to address commercial child sex trafficking throughout the United States, which included enforcement actions in 106 cities across 54 FBI field divisions nationwide. “Child sex traffickers create a living nightmare for their adolescent victims,” said Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of […]
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- 6 Jul 2014
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