The FBI issued the following press release:
Beginning Thursday evening, June 19, 2014, and continuing through
Saturday, June 21, 2014, the FBI and its local, state, and federal law
enforcement partners conducted Operation Cross Country VIII to address
commercial child sex trafficking throughout the United States. In Mississippi, the operation included
enforcement actions in seven (7) cities, and led to the recovery of two (2)
children, who were being victimized through prostitution, and the arrests of 19
pimps. Additionally, 53 other
individuals were arrested on state and local charges.
“Child prostitution is a real threat to children across America, and
right here in Mississippi – not just in other countries,” said Daniel McMullen,
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi. “Through Operation Cross Country, the FBI and
its partners in law enforcement emphasize their commitment to identifying and
rescuing any child who is being victimized in this heinous enterprise.”
Operation Cross Country is part of the Innocence Lost National
Initiative that was established in 2003 by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative
Division, in partnership with the Department of Justice and the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), to address the growing problem of
child prostitution.
To date, the FBI and its task force partners have recovered more than
3,400 children from being exploited. The
investigations and subsequent 1,450 convictions have resulted in lengthy
sentences, including 14 life terms.
Mississippi, participating in Operation Cross Country VII, recovered one
juvenile victim in 2013.
Task force operations usually begin as local enforcement actions that
target truck stops, casinos, street “tracks,” and websites that advertise
dating or escort services, based on intelligence gathered by officers working
in their respective jurisdictions.
Initial arrests are often for violations of local and state laws
relating to prostitution or solicitation. Information gleaned from those
arrested frequently reveals organized efforts to prostitute women and children
across many states. FBI agents further
develop this evidence in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the
U.S. Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section so that
prosecutors can bring federal charges in those cities where child prostitution
occurs.
The Innocence Lost National Initiative brings state and federal law
enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and social service providers from across the
country to NCMEC for training.
The FBI’s Jackson Division thanks the local, state, and federal law
enforcement partners, representing thirteen (13) separate agencies, who
participated in Operation Cross Country VIII in Mississippi, and commends their
ongoing enforcement efforts. Those
agencies are:
Mississippi Attorney
General’s Office
Mississippi Bureau of
Narcotics
Gautier, MS Police
Department
Jackson, MS Police
Department
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Office
Madison County Sheriff’s
Office
Moss Point, MS Police
Department
Ocean Springs, MS Police
Department
Pascagoula, MS Police
Department
Pearl, MS Police
Department
Rankin County Sheriff’s
Office
Ridgeland, MS Police Department
Tupelo, MS Police Department
To
learn more about Operation Cross Country and the Innocence Lost National
Initiative, visit www.fbi.gov, www.justice.gov, or www.ncmec.org.
8 comments:
Trafficking children for the sexual pleasure of adults is sick. Lorraina Bobbitt could be useful in the punishment of the sex traffickers!
So grateful to all who rescued these children from sexual slavery and hope we all will keep this evil practice of prostituting children for monetary gain out of our Country. A child in prostitution in Jackson, Mississippi can bring its "pimp" $150,000.00 per year. I am quoting Captain Chapman of the Salvation Army who hopes to provide a place to rehabilitate those victims who are rescued.
Porn is a billion $ business and some become very addicted. This is nothing but a gateway to more challenging sexual activities that includes children. If those would quit watching and participating in such evil, these folks would have no reason to pimp out young adults and children. They should castrate these pimps and the ones that participate in such evil activity. SICK SICK folks in this world!!!
Castration is not the answer.
Pedophilia is between the ears, not below the waist.
It's about power and control and manipulation and seeing submission as proof of love.
And, for those who provide slaves, it's about the money.
Somehow we have to find a way to protect society from those who , like rabid dogs, are too much a danger to others to be allowed back into society.
@7:19
I do so agree. The twisted portion of the mind that allows anyone to touch a child in sexual lust cannot be cured. I would say, put them on an island and let them dream with no children around, but then, they might reproduce. Society is never free from those undiscovered, but the known ones do not belong around others. Children, of all ages, deserve our protection. It is their right.
something odd about the ratio. I find it hard to believe that there is a 10:1 pimp/exploited child ratio. Seems like something is missing...
Disturbing to say the least. I thought this shit only happened 'somewhere else'. Vigilante justice is needed here.
I still say castrate them! The last thing they need is to reproduce and then exploit their own children!
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