Child Prostitutes Rescued in FBI Sweep

As part of their massive effort to rescue children caught up in the human trafficking, sex-trade business, the FBI arrested 571 suspects and rescued 48 suspected teen prostitutes across the country over the weekend.

The FBI’s new initiative, Operation Cross Country, is looking to implement stiffer penalties for those working in the illegal sex trade business and has also gotten involved due to the amounts of underage children that become unwilling participants and victims.

According to Associated Press, some of the children rescued were as young as 13 years of age. “We may not be able to return their innocence but we can remove them from this cycle of abuse and violence,” FBI Director Robert Mueller tells the AP.

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Daniel Roberts reports that many of the children prostitutes are runaways and lack stable home lives. “Unfortunately, the vast majority of these kids are what they term 'throwaway kids,' with no family support, no friends. They're kids that nobody wants, they're loners. Many are runaways …The goal is to recover kids. We consider them the child victims of prostitution.”

Get  more information about Operation Cross Country here: FBI: http://www.fbi.gov

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