Hi everyone,
Not exactly a pleasant morning news item....but here is a very disturbing article about child trafficking. A 3 month old has been found trafficked in the sting operation.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/19/us/sex-trafficking-operation-arrests/index.html***********
Two sisters, one 5 years old and the other 3 months old, were rescued in Denver by undercover agents during this year's FBI-led sting operation against sex traffickers, officials said.
The alleged trafficker, a friend of the children's family, made a deal to sell them for sex for $600, the FBI said. The friend communicated with an undercover agent, the FBI said in announcing details of Operation Cross Country XI.
While this alleged crime alone is disturbing, 82 other juveniles were rescued during last week's nationwide sweep. Some 120 people were arrested.
....The girl was accompanied by a 21-year-old female who offered an undercover agent sexual intercourse with both her and the underage victim for $200, officials said. According to the FBI report, the woman as well as the driver, another female, who took the minor and 21-year-old to the undercover officer's location, were arrested.
There are still thousands of children locked in shackles as chess pieces in a game of sex slavery, and without consistent efforts, Myles said he doesn't think it will end
"We are seeing about an average of 23 cases a day. So we need that daily drumbeat of a 24-hour response throughout the country," he said. "Operation Cross Country doesn't happen every day. But these cases are breaking across our country every day."
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FYI.
Sriram