“We’re honoured and proud to partner with the FBI, which has taken the lead in tackling this escalating problem.” –John Ryan
In addition, there were 150 pimps who were arrested in the sting.
The 3-day operation is part of a larger FBI initiative called, “Innocence Lost,” which has rescued 2,700 trafficked children to date, throughout the USA since 2003.
The National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children partnered with the FBI in the investigation.
The Centre’s CEO, John Ryan, pointed out, “Operation Cross Country demonstrates just how many of America’s children are being sold for sex every day, many on the Internet.”