Local and federal charges would be brought against the 464 adult prostitutes, 55 pimps, and 55 customers that were arrested.
The FBI announced that they had conducted over 19 searches, netting a total of $438,000 in cash, illegal drugs, computers and cars.
In 2003, The Innocence Lost National Initiative was launched by FBI, Department of Justice, prosecutors, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, to address the growing concern of children forced into prostitution. Over the past six years 670 children have been recovered.
Officials from the states of California, Alaska, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, Alabama, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Illinois, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota and Arizona have participated in the programs.
