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FBI: Kids forced into prostitution for Super Bowl
Associated Press ^ | Feb 4, 2014 5:07 PM EST | Katie Zezima

Posted on 02/04/2014 2:21:24 PM PST by Olog-hai

Sixteen juveniles forced into working as prostitutes for the Super Bowl were rescued in the New York City area by the FBI in the weeks before the game, the agency said Tuesday.

Officials said the children, some of whom had been reported missing by their families, ranged in age from 13 to 17. Six were found in Newark, N.J., six in New York City and four in New Haven, Conn.

One of the minors, a 17-year-old girl, had spent the past two years with her pimp, said Michael Osborn, chief of the Violent Crimes Against Children unit at the FBI.

More than 50 adult women who were forced to work as prostitutes were also rescued. More than 45 pimps were arrested and numerous guns seized, according to investigators. …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: backpagesdotcom; childabuse; crime; humantrafficking; moralabsolutes; prostitution; sexworkers; superbowl

1 posted on 02/04/2014 2:21:24 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Investigators are still trying to apprehend the head pimp.

Their only clue is the initials, “BHO”.


2 posted on 02/04/2014 2:24:01 PM PST by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: Olog-hai

Evil pimps, evil customers.


3 posted on 02/04/2014 2:25:58 PM PST by gortklattu (God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
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To: LucianOfSamasota
Their only clue is the initials, “BHO”.

That's long legged mack daddy to you...

4 posted on 02/04/2014 2:28:57 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Olog-hai
Messed up headline.

FBI: Kids forced into prostitution for AT Super Bowl

Big difference between where you are working and who you are working for. Purposeful? I don't know - I know the Leftists hate fun things like the Super Bowl.

5 posted on 02/04/2014 2:29:22 PM PST by PapaNew
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To: Olog-hai

More protected illegals?

More of the protected importation
of children over the open border?

ACORN?

The MSM will protect their Master, again.


6 posted on 02/04/2014 2:39:04 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Olog-hai

Senator Menendez *is* from New Jersey.


7 posted on 02/04/2014 2:41:05 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s part of the new slavery brought to us by the bipartisan, global political/regulator class.


8 posted on 02/04/2014 2:59:38 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: PapaNew

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/national/super-bowl-is-single-largest-magnet-for-sex-trafficking-child-prostitution-in-us

You hear about this every year. Not saying the NFL sponsors it or anything, but it happens. Human trafficking is real and terrible. Terrible beyond words.


9 posted on 02/04/2014 4:16:15 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: LearnsFromMistakes
Human trafficking is real and terrible.

Right but misleading headlines don't really help.

10 posted on 02/04/2014 5:39:59 PM PST by PapaNew
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