Watch how investigators work to catch pimps »Ĭhild prostitution is even tougher on the parents of these girls. Oftentimes, their work is heart-wrenching. It is not uncommon for the officers on the unit to put in 30-hour shifts. 'I think everybody on the team has different reactions to it, but I just flat out get really angry that some guy thinks he can take this girl and basically deprive her of her freedom.' 'It really makes me angry,' Seyffert said. cities, is to decriminalize the girls and concentrate on catching the pimps who control them. The goal of the program, which is now in almost 30 U.S. Sacramento police are working with the FBI as part of a nationwide campaign to combat underage prostitution called Innocence Lost. Surviving is basically what they're doing.'
Pam Seyffert of the Sacramento Police Department. which is to stop what they're doing,' said Sgt.
'We're asking these girls to do a big thing. Those are just the official figures investigators think there are many more child prostitutes out there. Most of the girls were released to foster or group homes. Police have nabbed nearly 70 girls under the age of 18 since 2005.
