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Nationwide child prostitution raid
Some Things I'll never understand and don't want to.
A Federal Bureau of Investigation operation targeting child sexual exploitation resulted in the recovery of six children and the arrests of six pimps statewide — one in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.
The Northwest Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Bossier City and Shreveport police departments were among agencies participating in the joint effort — Operation Cross Country — that was conducted Thursday through Saturday. In all, about 12 local agencies participated.
That effort resulted in the arrest of one pimp and 11 adult prostitutes in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, according to a press release from the FBI’s New Orleans office. Across Louisiana, 70 arrests were made, and six children were recovered — four in the New Orleans area and two in the Baton Rouge area.
Sgt. Shelley Anderson of the Northwest Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, said the agency was involved in “identifying children of prostitution or identifying people who want to come meet children for sex.” Not all of those cases necessarily involved prostitution, Anderson said.
Anderson said human trafficking is a significant issue in northwest Louisiana, so much so that the agency, affiliated with the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, received a federal grant in September 2011 to fight child sexual exploitation. Grant money is used to train agents participating in the task force and also to purchase equipment.
‘We do have a human trafficking problem in northwest Louisiana,” Anderson said. “Obviously we have the numbers to support (receiving a grant).”
Anderson said the operation — while among the largest — is one of several similar joint enforcements in which the agency participates each year.
Chris Chandler, vice-president of FREE: The Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition of Northwest Louisiana, said child sexual exploitation is growing in northwest Louisiana and that the mission of the Coalition is to raise awareness of the problem in the community.
“There’s just nobody talking about it. It was just a hidden thing that people knew was going on, but it wasn’t getting the newspaper write-ups, it wasn’t getting TV time and law enforcement wasn’t conducting these public busts very frequently,” he said.
Chandler has a theory as to why the problem is becoming more prevalent.
“What we’ve learned is that what drives men in particular, because it’s 99.9 percent male, to engage in sexual interests with children is just like the analogy of someone doing drugs,” he said. “And looking for something new and something that will give them a different high and the younger the child the greater the high. So when you have a sex pervert addict that is using prostitutes or doing those things, eventually they want something newer. The younger the child, the newer the drug. And that’s what we’re seeing.”
Across the country the sweep — the seventh and largest to date — was carried out by the FBI along with local, state and federal law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That resulted in the arrests of more than 150 pimps and other people in 76 cities across the country. The enforcement action also resulted in the recovery of 105 sexually exploited children.
“Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children across America,” said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “This operation serves as a reminder that these abhorrent crimes can happen anywhere and that the FBI remains committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and holding the criminals who profit from this exploitation accountable.”
Operation Cross Country VII involved 47 FBI divisions, along with more than 3,900 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents representing 230 separate agencies.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130730/NEWS01/307290017/
A Federal Bureau of Investigation operation targeting child sexual exploitation resulted in the recovery of six children and the arrests of six pimps statewide — one in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.
The Northwest Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Bossier City and Shreveport police departments were among agencies participating in the joint effort — Operation Cross Country — that was conducted Thursday through Saturday. In all, about 12 local agencies participated.
That effort resulted in the arrest of one pimp and 11 adult prostitutes in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, according to a press release from the FBI’s New Orleans office. Across Louisiana, 70 arrests were made, and six children were recovered — four in the New Orleans area and two in the Baton Rouge area.
Sgt. Shelley Anderson of the Northwest Louisiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, said the agency was involved in “identifying children of prostitution or identifying people who want to come meet children for sex.” Not all of those cases necessarily involved prostitution, Anderson said.
Anderson said human trafficking is a significant issue in northwest Louisiana, so much so that the agency, affiliated with the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, received a federal grant in September 2011 to fight child sexual exploitation. Grant money is used to train agents participating in the task force and also to purchase equipment.
‘We do have a human trafficking problem in northwest Louisiana,” Anderson said. “Obviously we have the numbers to support (receiving a grant).”
Anderson said the operation — while among the largest — is one of several similar joint enforcements in which the agency participates each year.
Chris Chandler, vice-president of FREE: The Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition of Northwest Louisiana, said child sexual exploitation is growing in northwest Louisiana and that the mission of the Coalition is to raise awareness of the problem in the community.
“There’s just nobody talking about it. It was just a hidden thing that people knew was going on, but it wasn’t getting the newspaper write-ups, it wasn’t getting TV time and law enforcement wasn’t conducting these public busts very frequently,” he said.
Chandler has a theory as to why the problem is becoming more prevalent.
“What we’ve learned is that what drives men in particular, because it’s 99.9 percent male, to engage in sexual interests with children is just like the analogy of someone doing drugs,” he said. “And looking for something new and something that will give them a different high and the younger the child the greater the high. So when you have a sex pervert addict that is using prostitutes or doing those things, eventually they want something newer. The younger the child, the newer the drug. And that’s what we’re seeing.”
Across the country the sweep — the seventh and largest to date — was carried out by the FBI along with local, state and federal law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. That resulted in the arrests of more than 150 pimps and other people in 76 cities across the country. The enforcement action also resulted in the recovery of 105 sexually exploited children.
“Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children across America,” said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. “This operation serves as a reminder that these abhorrent crimes can happen anywhere and that the FBI remains committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and holding the criminals who profit from this exploitation accountable.”
Operation Cross Country VII involved 47 FBI divisions, along with more than 3,900 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents representing 230 separate agencies.
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130730/NEWS01/307290017/
The worst thing I can think of is too nice for people like this.....
One of them (I think she was 13 Y.O.) was being Pimped out by her own Father and he would Video Tape it. He'll get his Just Due in prison. They don't take to Kindly to to people like him.
I'm with you on both... never understanding and not wanting too. We had a child prostitution ring happening in our little neck of the woods. They were operating out of a motel and had customers lined up..... the local law enforcement got involved and they ended up catching the scum bag pimping a 14 year old girl. (Apparently the girl was entrusted to this P.O.S..... I don't get how parents get into a situation where they trust a pimp to watch after their daughter....)
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