Fox News reported a disturbing story today which has caused me to suffer grief and sorrow for the young children the FBI rescued in a law enforcement sex trade sting in New Jersey. This may have saved their young lives. These young children were brought to the area by pimps for the purpose of sex trafficking at the Super Bowl. There were a total of sixteen children as young as 13-years old, some had been reported as missing by their parents. Where did the other parents “think” their children were or did they care?
It’s sad to realize that in our society today that many parents do not have any control over their children; and some don’t ever know where their children are unless something tragic happens to them. It causes people to speculate as to why these children felt a need to leave their homes to get involved in such activity. What went wrong in these young children’s lives to lead them into such despair, unhappiness, and with “no” self-esteem. Do they feel unloved and uncared for? Are they left by their parents to live as they chose? Is there “no” parent/children bonding? Do they come and go as they please?
The law enforcement sting operation targeted more than 45 alleged pimps and their contacts that had brought these young children to the New Jersey area for the Super Bowl weekend for sex trafficking, according to an announcement on Tuesday by FBI officials. Some of these pimps and associates admitted the purpose for their trip to New Jersey was for forcing the women and children to have sex with the tourists for money, according to the federal investigators.
Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division said, “High-profile special events, draw large crowds, and are lucrative opportunities for child prostitution criminal enterprises; and saying, “The FBI and our partners remain committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and putting those who try to profit from this type of criminal activity behind bars.”
I applaud the FBI for their active involvement in these type situations to put a stop to this kind of activity against young children and other misfortunate people who get involved in these type situations. I also applaud them for trying to put a stop to these criminal enterprises and the inhumane acts against children in our cities and around our neighborhoods where other small children are being raised. These types of criminal activities are “not” needed throughout the world.
The children’s ages ranged from 13-years to 17-years old that were rescued, according to the FBI. There were children of foreign nationals and missing minors reported missing by their families among this group.
This sting was planned over a six-months period leading up to the Super Bowl while the FBI worked with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies; and it’s operation is part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, established in 2003 by the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, in partnership with the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to combat child prostitution.
The authorities made contact with more than 20 hotels in the New York area, advising them how to identify victims of sex trafficking, according to Special Agent in Charge James T. Hayes of Homeland Security in New York.
Hayes said human trafficking is an ongoing problem that law enforcement is constantly trying to eliminate; and he further stated, “Many of them are foreign national victims who come from countries were law enforcement is “not” trusted.
The writer of this article is Barbara Kasey Smith and it was based on a Fox News Report.
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