F.B.I. Charges 159 Men With Forcing Teenage Girls Into Prostitution

[Gerald]

WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday that a nationwide operation had led to the arrests over the last few days http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/pre...e-prostitution to work as prostitutes. Some of the girls were as young as 13. The operation was part of a decade-long Justice Department program — the Innocence Lost National Initiative — that is intended to break up child prostitution rings. The program has led to the convictions of 1,350 people for pimping-related offenses, 10 of whom received life sentences, according to the F.B.I.

Good that they can pursue, their goals against trafficking and prostitution.

Note: July 29, 2013

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