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demmiblue

(36,865 posts) Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:40 PM Oct 2017

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FBI: 12 Michigan juvenile trafficking victims rescued, 8 pimps arrested

Source: The Detroit Free Press

Twelve juvenile Michigan sex trafficking victims were rescued and eight pimps and their associates arrested last week as part of an annual, international hunt for abusers led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In all, 84 minors were rescued and 120 traffickers arrested during the FBI's 11th Operation Cross Country.

The initiative took place Oct. 12-14 in Michigan, officials said.

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Nationally, the youngest victim recovered was 3 months old. The average age was 15.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/18/fbi-12-juvenile-trafficking-victims-rescued-michigan/777838001/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

MORE needs to be done about the exploitation of our children.

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FBI: 12 Michigan juvenile trafficking victims rescued, 8 pimps arrested (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2017 OP

isn't that a large number of traffickers lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #1

Most likely teams mercuryblues Oct 2017 #2

3 months old? good god. mopinko Oct 2017 #3

I'd settle for stringing them up by their balls. Next to the pimps. n/t eggplant Oct 2017 #4

How can customers keep finding them before the authorities? Hortensis Oct 2017 #5

lapfog_1

(29,213 posts)

1. isn't that a large number of traffickers

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:45 PM

Oct 2017

given the number of minors rescued?

Did a lot of victims of trafficking refuse rescue or ???

mercuryblues

(14,536 posts)

2. Most likely teams

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:51 PM

Oct 2017

and networks

mopinko

(70,147 posts)

3. 3 months old? good god.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 07:10 PM

Oct 2017

i want those john strung up from the highest yardarm.

eggplant

(3,911 posts)

4. I'd settle for stringing them up by their balls. Next to the pimps. n/t

Reply to mopinko (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 10:16 PM

Oct 2017

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. How can customers keep finding them before the authorities?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:20 AM

Oct 2017

At least for long enough to keep the industry profitable? How come it isn't effectively dead as an industry?

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