FBI recovers child victims of sex trafficking across the U.S.

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer 6/26/144:00 AM

PBS News Hour’s Judy Woodruff reported on a nationwide FBI operation over the past week that recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. Announced by FBI Director James Comey, the operation spanned over 100 cities and is responsible for taking 281 alleged pimps into custody. Woodruff said “The children are Americans and many had never been reported missing.” Director Comey made this heartbreaking comment about the children involved: “There’s a risk people will imagine these folks as some TV characters. They are not. They are people who are killing the souls of our children, who by their actions are snuffing the light out of the most vulnerable and the most promising of our people. The lesson of Operation Cross Country is that our children are not for sale.”

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/news-wrap-fbi-recovers-child-victims-sex-trafficking-across-u-s/

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