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In Detroit, Twelve Arrested for Child Sex Trafficking

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    October 16, 2015
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In Detroit alone, nineteen children, according to the FBI, have been rescued from human slavery…and a dozen pimps arrested…

It was all part of a nationwide sting last week that involved children, some as young as 12-years-old.  FBI Director, James Comey:  “When kids are treated as a commodity in seedy hotels and on dark roadsides, we must rescue them from their nightmare and severely punish those responsible for that horror.”

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