It's always the same with these pedophile busts. What gives! I've literally had to inform people in LA that the country's largest pedophile bust happened at the end of February in LA. Is their reality TV show and Facebook account THAT interesting?
How many of the people in the LA bust were underage? Because I know the articles said 400 human trafficking victims of which most were adult prostitutes who were set free from pimps.
"The operation took place over the course of three days. Of the almost 500 arrested: 142 were males on solicitation charges, and another 36 were males on suspicion of pimping; 27 of those freed were children, while 28 were adults."
You see "human trafficking" and immediately see "pedophile". 27 kids is a huge victory, but I highly doubt that's 'the country's largest pedophile bust'.
Thank you for keeping the hysteria to a minimum. I'm not sure what the advertisement said that entrapped this bust. I find it highly unlikely that they would draw much distinction between 17 and 19 years old in an advertisement for "teens". It's the authorities that got the correct figures. But what about the age that attracted the 142 males? And what if the 28 adults were mostly entrapment officers? This whole bust needs to be taken into perspective and I still believe that it is an unusually large bust for LA.
For sure. But the amount to which this sub saw "400 arrested in human-trafficking raid" and thought "400 PEDOS!" was astounding. All it takes is the title of an article and most people will fill in all the blanks themselves without reading it.
Prostitution has been lumped into human trafficking in recent years which is understandable but counter-intuitive to how people envision human trafficking victims.
Well, it goes back to whom they thought they were going to be purchasing a good time with. If they were being sold a minor when the pimps lied and were giving them someone older but lying about their age, it could be construed as statutory rape. And rape is rape.
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sponiatowski ago
It's always the same with these pedophile busts. What gives! I've literally had to inform people in LA that the country's largest pedophile bust happened at the end of February in LA. Is their reality TV show and Facebook account THAT interesting?
listentoreason2017 ago
Country's largest pedophile bust? Or just the largest one you've heard of since you've been paying attention?
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-nearly-2000-human-traffickers-2016-identifies-over-400-victims-across-us
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-more-1400-human-traffickers-2015-identifies-nearly-400-victims-across-us
Perspective man.
sponiatowski ago
How are these pedophile busts? I'm referring specifically to pedophiles. Incidentally, in 2016, how many of those traffickers were set free by ICE?
listentoreason2017 ago
How many of the people in the LA bust were underage? Because I know the articles said 400 human trafficking victims of which most were adult prostitutes who were set free from pimps.
"The operation took place over the course of three days. Of the almost 500 arrested: 142 were males on solicitation charges, and another 36 were males on suspicion of pimping; 27 of those freed were children, while 28 were adults."
http://www.oxygen.com/blogs/nearly-500-arrested-in-giant-california-human-trafficking-bust
You see "human trafficking" and immediately see "pedophile". 27 kids is a huge victory, but I highly doubt that's 'the country's largest pedophile bust'.
sponiatowski ago
Thank you for keeping the hysteria to a minimum. I'm not sure what the advertisement said that entrapped this bust. I find it highly unlikely that they would draw much distinction between 17 and 19 years old in an advertisement for "teens". It's the authorities that got the correct figures. But what about the age that attracted the 142 males? And what if the 28 adults were mostly entrapment officers? This whole bust needs to be taken into perspective and I still believe that it is an unusually large bust for LA.
listentoreason2017 ago
For sure. But the amount to which this sub saw "400 arrested in human-trafficking raid" and thought "400 PEDOS!" was astounding. All it takes is the title of an article and most people will fill in all the blanks themselves without reading it.
Prostitution has been lumped into human trafficking in recent years which is understandable but counter-intuitive to how people envision human trafficking victims.
sponiatowski ago
All sides are illegal here. It was a huge bunch of people who felt safe enough to do this over a three day period. Not cool.
listentoreason2017 ago
Agreed but we don't call a john a rapist. Both are bad but one is an accurate description of what occurred.
Just saying context matters.
sponiatowski ago
Well, it goes back to whom they thought they were going to be purchasing a good time with. If they were being sold a minor when the pimps lied and were giving them someone older but lying about their age, it could be construed as statutory rape. And rape is rape.