Underage Children Rescued from Child Prostitution Ring Catering to Super Bowl Visitors Sixteen children between the ages of 13 and 17 were rescued from a child prostitution ring in New Jersey that was allegedly set up to take advantage of Super Bowl tourists. The operation, conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), led to the arrest of 45 pimps and their associates, the agency announced on Tuesday, February 4th. Some of the suspects admitted to traveling to New Jersey from other states specifically to force women and children … [Read more...]
Two Plead Guilty to Federal Child Prostitution Charges
After Nationwide Bust of Child Prostitution Ring, Two South Carolina Defendants Plead Guilty A man and a woman, who were arrested in July during a huge bust of a national child prostitution ring, have pleaded guilty to child prostitution charges in a federal court in South Carolina. Andrea Bostic and Thomas Tyrell Summers, both 21, pleaded guilty to forcing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution. William J. Gibson, a third defendant in the case, appeared in court but did not make a plea. US District Judge Joseph Anderson accepted the … [Read more...]
National Child Prostitution Ring Leads to 150 Arrests
FBI Busts Child Prostitution Ring, Rescues 105 Children and Arrests 150 People After a series of national raids, the FBI has rescued 105 children from a child prostitution ring. The minors were mostly girls, and ranged in age from 13 to 17. One girl told officers that she had been a prostitute since she was 13. 150 pimps were also arrested. “Many times the children that are taken in in these types of criminal activities are children that are dissaffected, they are from broken homes, they may be on the street themselves,” acting Executive … [Read more...]