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FBI Rescues Teen Hookers Across US

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(Newser) – The FBI rounded up 48 suspected teen prostitutes and arrested 571 others on a range of prostitution charges this weekend, the AP reports. The nationwide offensive, Operation Cross Country, rescued girls as young as 13 years old. "The goal is to recover kids," one FBI official said. "We consider them the child victims of prostitution."

The operation, rolled out from Miami to Chicago to Anchorage, is further proof that the FBI is breaking tradition and going after prostitution. The agency also plans to hit pimps with longer sentences than state courts normally hand out. Now the feds are seeking a 16-year-old prostitute they believe is recruiting other teens. She is "at the top of our list," one agent said.

FBI Director Robert Mueller.
FBI Director Robert Mueller.   (AP Photo)
Prostitute Patricia West, 22, poses for a photograph in front of City Hall in San Francisco.
Prostitute Patricia West, 22, poses for a photograph in front of City Hall in San Francisco.   (AP Photo)
Two prostitutes, nicknamed Zsuzsa, left, and Izabella, right, wait for clients beside a suburban road in Budapest, Hungary, in this Nov. 27, 2003 file photo.
Two prostitutes, nicknamed Zsuzsa, left, and Izabella, right, wait for clients beside a suburban road in Budapest, Hungary, in this Nov. 27, 2003 file photo.   (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky, file)
A prostitute leans against an alley wall.
A prostitute leans against an alley wall.   (Shutterstock)
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jeebus
Feb 23, 09 9:04 PM CST
"We consider them the child victims of prostitution." No shithead, they're the child victims of UNREGULATED prostitution. If you truly believe that you can prohibit the "worlds oldest profession" then you are a delusional idiot. Reply
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Mr.C
Feb 23, 09 9:53 PM CST
you like 16 year old prostitutes? I suggest you move to Cambodia.
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NutsInNY
Feb 23, 09 11:11 PM CST
Mr. C, you say you love Mondrian, yet your reading comprehension is that of a dumb hillbilly... what's up with that?
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Mr.C
Feb 23, 09 9:53 PM CST
go them Reply
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jeebus
Feb 23, 09 11:19 PM CST
If prostitution were regulated, we could keep children out of the brothels the same way we keep them out of the bars. On the streets, there are no regulations, anything goes. Reply
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