Online and Anonymous: New Challenges to Prosecuting Sex Trafficking : NPR
Monday, the FBI announced the success of a three-day, multicity child sex trafficking operation. The seventh and largest of its kind, the raid recovered 106 teenagers and arrested 152 pimps. Aged 13 to 17, almost all of the young people found were girls.
Operation Cross Country highlights an ongoing — and often hidden — problem in the U.S.: the trafficking of young people.
The trade itself is not new, but the digital age is changing the tactics used by both pimps and law enforcement.
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John Ryan is CEO of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. His organization worked in partnership with the FBI on Operation Cross Country, collecting and analyzing information on missing and exploited children.
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