police rescue child prostitutes around US Associated Press, Mon Feb 23, 3:33 am ET WASHINGTON – The FBI has rescued more than 45 suspected teenage prostitutes, some as young as 13, in a nationwide sweep to remove kids from the illegal sex trade and punish their accused pimps.
Over a three-night initiative called Operation Cross Country, federal agents working with local law enforcement also arrested more than 50 alleged pimps, according to preliminary bureau data.

The teenage prostitutes found in the investigation ranged in age from 13 to 17.

Historically, federal authorities rarely play a role in anti-prostitution crackdowns, but the FBI is becoming more involved as it tries to rescue children caught up in the business.

"The goal is to recover kids. We consider them the child victims of prostitution," said FBI Deputy Assistant Director Daniel Roberts.

"Unfortunately, the vast majority of these kids are what they term 'throwaway kids,' with no family support, no friends. They're kids that nobody wants, they're loners. Many are runaways," Roberts said.

Most of the children are put into the custody of local child protection agencies.

Agents in cities from Miami to Chicago to Anchorage, Alaska took part in the operation.

The federal effort is also designed to hit pimps with much tougher prison sentences than they would likely get in state criminal courts.

Government prosecutors look to bring racketeering charges or conspiracy charges that can result in decades of jail time.

"Some of these networks of pimps and their organizations are very sophisticated, they're interstate," said Roberts, requiring wiretaps and undercover sting operations to bring charges.

The weekend's roundup marked the third such Operation Cross Country, and is part of a broader federal program launched in 2003 to crack down on the sexual exploitation of children.

a very upscale Boston hotel.  It took over a dozen feds to subdue two gals!  (Neither of whom, by the way, was a minor.)  You can read about it on the Boston Board.  It was posted on Sunday PM.

Now all you TER-ites out there, tell me something:

In all the years you've hobbied (and I'm going on 35 years myself) have any of you ever once been offered, or seen offered a minor for prostituion (at least within the borders of the USA)?

I haven't.

Where the hell are guys getting hooked up with minors anyways?

I know it does go on big time in certain countries (Thailand comes to mind.), but I've never seen even a link to it on all the porn and escort sites I follow (and I used to follow a lot.)

What say all of ye?

(still not a lawyer)

It's the same with AMP's out of the thousands of members and lurkers on TER no one has any concrete evidence of Sexual Slavery. I am not saying it doesn't exist, but if it were the widespread problem that LE and the MSM make it out to be, don't you think horndogs and escorts like us would be the first to know?

Prostitution by minors and forced sexual slavery is mainly a street level crime. Runaways have been falling into bad company for generations. It plays really well on "made for TV movies", but high class sexual slavery is mostly a work of fiction.

Common sense should tell you, with all the willing participants(and hot ones at that) why would organized crime want to kidnap women for prostitution?

I am tell you there are sick mother f**ker out in the world.  Come on a kid what is wrong with people.  VERY SAD TO SAY