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168 American children rescued from sex traffickers
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:39 pm
FBI sting
So, I wonder what the charge/punishment is for these "pimps"?
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The FBI has rescued 168 children — the youngest 11 years old, and some of them never reported missing — in a coast-to-coast crackdown on sex traffickers, officials said Monday.
"These are America's children," said FBI Director James Comey.
The week-long operation, called "Cross County VIII," resulted in the arrest of 281 pimps who recruited minors off street corners and online.
So, I wonder what the charge/punishment is for these "pimps"?
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:40 pm to High C
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So, I wonder what the charge/punishment should be for these "pimps"?
Death by fire is the only answer
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:41 pm to High C
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and some of them never reported missing
Does that mean that the parent(s) possibly sold them?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:41 pm to High C
I don't get it. We rescue children from being forced into prostitution (as we should), but if the prostitute is say 20, we arrest her and put her through the criminal justice system.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:42 pm to High C
Damn. Liam Neeson has been busy
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:42 pm to High C
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some of them never reported missing
That is suspicious
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:44 pm to REG861
quote:FIFY
but if the prostitute is say 20, we arrest her and put her back on the street 5 minutes later.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:45 pm to OldSouth
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but if the prostitute is say 20, we arrest her and put her back on the street 5 minutes later.
FIFY
you got me there
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:45 pm to blue_morrison
They probably go after street kids, runaways, orphans, etc exactly for that reason
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:45 pm to Sasquatch Smash
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Does that mean that the parent(s) possibly sold them?
The article says than many were a part of the child welfare system, so I think it would be feasible to believe that foster parents could have sold them. To put it mildly, many foster parents don't do it for the right reasons.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:46 pm to blue_morrison
If the youngest is eleven then the majority are teenagers who the parents may have thought ran away and were not worried about getting them back. There are horrible parents in this world.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:47 pm to REG861
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I don't get it. We rescue children from being forced into prostitution (as we should), but if the prostitute is say 20, we arrest her and put her through the criminal justice system.
I deal with these cases, and you are spot on. The 20 year old prostitute, especially those not native to this country, were trafficked at such a young age. They go from victim to criminal just like that. Luckily, there are federal provisions that can provide protection, but many states are playing catchup.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:48 pm to High C
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To put it mildly, many foster parents don't do it for the right reasons.
We have a foster kid down the street from us. Sweet kid, but has no guidance in life. Parents don't give two shits what she does.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:50 pm to High C
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168 children
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281 pimps
That doesn't really add up. I'm interested to hear an actual lawyer's opinion on this. Seems like it's going to be really hard to make these charges stick. Unless they have audio/video on each individual telling someone who's underage what to do then they will be out in no time. There's undercover shows about this all the time and mostly the 'pimps' are just older prostitutes whose defense is they are simply charging otherwise homeless girls for a place to stay.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:52 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
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168 children
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281 pimps
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That doesn't really add up.
I imagine these transactions involve a lot of indirect "purchasing" when selling the children.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:54 pm to High C
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So, I wonder what the charge/punishment is for these "pimps"?
Off with their heads
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:55 pm to SabiDojo
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281 pimps
They're probably calling the buyer and seller both pimps.
281/2 = 140.5 transactions
Posted on 6/23/14 at 4:57 pm to Shexter
That's what I was alluding to. If you're involved, you're a pimp, no matter how small your role is. Whether you're driving the truck or actually taking the children, you're a pimp.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:20 pm to Shexter
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We have a foster kid down the street from us. Sweet kid, but has no guidance in life. Parents don't give two shits what she does.
In my experience as a teacher, I can say that the vast majority of foster children that I've come into contact with are just starving for any form of love or attention that they can get. It is truly sad. Most are simply a check for their foster parents.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:33 pm to High C
I worked with human trafficking for a month last summer. Some of the stuff I saw was extremely disturbing. The men and women who fight to combat this 
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