Posted on 10/14/2015 6:29:53 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
LOS ANGELES >> Hundreds of juvenile victims of human trafficking were recovered and their pimps arrested during a nationwide operation that included the Los Angeles area, the FBI announced Tuesday.
Nationally, 149 victims were recovered and 153 pimps arrested in “Operation Cross County IX,” which concluded over the weekend, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
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summary execution for child trafficking
Crap.
I hoped this was about bloggers.
Who are the traffickers.
If only the pimps could be systematically and publicly executed. Maybe then we would make some progress in this country.
Was one of them Huggy Bear?
Seven people ranging in age from 31 through 48 were arrested on charges of promoting prostitution. A 25-year-old woman was charged with promoting commercial sex abuse of a minor.
In Tampa Bay (source: local ABC),
The youngest child rescued in the operation was 12 years old. The children in Tampa Bay were 14 to 17 years old. "Four of those kids were females, two were transgender." Couvertier said.
How many of the traffickers are muslim, esp Albanian?
Bill most be very nervous as the little black books become public.
I was just going to ping you on this!
FBI nabs 12 alleged local pimps amid human trafficking investigation
By Scott Daugherty
The Virginian-Pilot
© October 14, 2015
NORFOLK
The FBI on Tuesday announced the results of a nationwide human trafficking operation that resulted last week in the arrest of 12 people in Hampton Roads suspected of being pimps.
With the help of police in Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, federal investigators also got three underage victims - ages 16 and 17 - off the streets, an FBI release said.
FBI spokeswoman Christina Pullen declined to identify the 12 who were arrested in Hampton Roads, explaining that “there are still some outstanding investigative issues” and that she believed the cases filed in state court were still sealed.
She confirmed, however, that a police raid Monday at the EconoLodge at 5819 Northampton Boulevard in Virginia Beach was related.
Following that raid, Beach police arrested five people for sex trafficking of a minor. A spokeswoman for the Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney Office identified them as Tajaika Blackston, Shade Castro, Cordario Uzzle, Keith Threat and Darryl T. Threat.
All five are set for a bond hearing today in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.
Nationwide, the initiative - dubbed Operation Cross Country IX - resulted in the arrest of 153 alleged pimps and the rescue of 149 underage victims, according to the release. The youngest was 12.
"Human trafficking is a monstrous and devastating crime that steals lives and degrades our nation," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in the release.
Lynch commended the FBI and local law enforcement officials for tackling sex trafficking. She said that because of their actions, "more children will sleep safely tonight, and more wrongdoers will face the judgment of our criminal justice system."
The effort was spearheaded by the FBI and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. It targeted pimps responsible for the commercial sex trafficking of children.
Investigators conducted "in-call" operations - going to the prostitutes' locations - and "out-call" operations - the prostitutes would go to them. The investigators worked in hotels, casinos, truck stops and other areas known to be frequented by prostitutes, the release said.
Details about the 12 local cases were not available.
Operation Cross Country is part of the FBI's "Innocence Lost" initiative. The FBI says more than 4,800 children have been rescued from underage prostitution since the program's inception in 2003. Prosecutors also have obtained more than 2,000 convictions, including at least 15 that resulted in life sentences, the release said.
Scott Daugherty, 757-446-2343, scott.daugherty@pilotonline.com
This account cites flash bang grenades, swat teams and an "armored vehicle" were utilized in the raid.
Five accused Virginia Beach pimps among those arrested in major nationwide sex trafficking bust
This being California the traffickers are usually from South of the border or Asia. Another benefit of open borders.
But the names might be a clue...
To me “Several local non-governmental organizations, including the Dream Center.....” this was a clue.
Sounds very South of the Border to me.
“nationwide operation that included the Los Angeles area”
“Nationally, 149 victims were recovered and 153 pimps arrested”
Modern day slavery and slave trade.
It needs to be crushed.
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