Wednesday October 30th, 2024 9:20AM

Kids rescued, pimps arrested in prostitution busts

By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution.

The Justice Department says it targeted 16 cities, including Atlanta, as part of its ``Operation Cross Country'' that caps five years of similar stings nationwide.

Many of the children forced into prostitution are either runaways or what authorities call ``thrown-aways'' kids whose families have shunned them.
In all, authorities arrested 345 people including 290 adult prostitutes during the operation that ended this week.
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