FBI Arrests 400 Nationwide In Project "Innocence Lost"

The FBI announces 300 arrests for child prostitution

The FBI today announced 300 arrests nationwide as part of their ongoing Innocence Lost campaign, which targets child prostitution gangs.

"The mission of the 'Innocence Lost' national initiative is to combat the growing problem of sexual exploitation of children through prostitution," said Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller in making the announcement at headquarters.

The arrest so far netted many prostitutes and pimps. Some of the prostitutes are in their 20s, but are said to have worked as prostitutes since their teen years.

The FBI conducted raids in the places you would most expect them to, in the run down neighborhoods of major cities and along the nation's truck stops.