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alp227

(32,036 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 12:56 AM Jan 2015

FBI recovers 6 minors, arrests 2 in Denver Stock Show sex trade sting

Source: Denver Post

Federal and local law enforcement officials recovered six child victims of domestic sex trafficking and arrested two alleged traffickers during the 2015 National Western Stock Show.

The children — ranging in age from 14- to 17-years-old — were victims of commercial sex exploitation, the FBI said in a news release Monday. The FBI worked with several Denver-area law enforcement departments and the Colorado State Patrol in the operation.

Federal agents have previously found that large events with a national draw bring an influx of people and money into the city. With that influx also comes an increase in child sex trafficking, the FBI said.

"This will not be tolerated, and law enforcement will continue to use any such event as an opportunity to identify and rescue trafficked minors, prosecute those who exploit these children and increase the public's awareness of commercial sexual exploitation involving children," Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_27397487/fbi-denver-6-minors-recovered-2-arrested-during

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FBI recovers 6 minors, arrests 2 in Denver Stock Show sex trade sting (Original Post) alp227 Jan 2015 OP
K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker Jan 2015 #1
WTF? SoapBox Jan 2015 #2
Just think if we could take some of that energy away from the war on drugs... Kalidurga Jan 2015 #3
Thanks FBI and DOJ. The perps deserve prison. freshwest Jan 2015 #4
Put those jobs back into the, uh, "hands" rocktivity Jan 2015 #5
There's your "rich people creating jobs" right there. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #6
...with the cheapest, most exploitable labor possible! rocktivity Jan 2015 #7
I keep thinking of the Boys Town Scandal of the 80s. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2015 #9
This is what I want the police to be doing. Real crime. jwirr Jan 2015 #8

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
2. WTF?
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:17 AM
Jan 2015

Hey Pukes and Baggers...how about working to put down this crap?

Opps...I know you are too busy with BENGHAZI and O-bama Care.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
3. Just think if we could take some of that energy away from the war on drugs...
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 01:18 AM
Jan 2015

we could make it a war on people who really do hurt other people.

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
5. Put those jobs back into the, uh, "hands"
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:05 AM
Jan 2015

Last edited Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:49 AM - Edit history (1)

of legal adult-aged sex workers!

But seriously, folks, as the article suggests, Denver is only one city, and the Western Stock show is only one event, the implications of which are overwhelming...


rocktivity

rocktivity

(44,577 posts)
7. ...with the cheapest, most exploitable labor possible!
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:52 AM
Jan 2015

And the children are transported coast-to-coast to keep their customers' "inventory" fresh.


rocktivity

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