Govt. Cracking Down on Child Prostitution [View All]

Govt. Cracking Down on Child Prostitution
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

Friday, December 16, 2005
(12-16) 01:42 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --

The government has embarked on a crackdown on people who force children into prostitution, making arrests in several states.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was expected to highlight some examples at a Friday news conference.

Charges have been filed in recent days in Florida, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and others are expected, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the topic before Gonzales' announcement.

A grand jury in Camden, N.J., indicted eight people Wednesday on charges they conspired to recruit girls to be prostitutes in Atlantic City, N.J., Las Vegas and New York, according to court documents. The defendants managed a prostitution ring that also extended to Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, the indictment said.
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It hasn't been that long since _{George W. Bush} wasted everyone's precious time trying to point out various countries he wanted to charge as indulging human trafficking. I wonder how on earth he overlooked HIS OWN COUNTRY.