The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

• 24 percent of respondents reported that they have no data regarding this and that thelocations of child prostitution are unknown.• 14 percent of respondents reported that child prostitution frequently occurs at local truckstops.• 14 percent of respondents reported that child prostitution frequently occurs at illegalbrothels.Respondents specifically reported child prostitution in the following cities: Bridgeport, Hartford,and New Haven, Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Miami and Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia;New York, New York; and Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston, and Mesquite,Texas.Child Prostitution and Organized CrimeAmong NDIC interviewees:• 50 percent of respondents reported that traffickers network with one another and operateloose, semiformal networks.• 23 percent of respondents reported that traffickers run large and organized child prostitution operations. • 14 percent of respondents reported that child prostitution traffickers have connections toor are members of street gangs.Many agencies reported that the organized element is untraditional and informal, not the typicalorganized crime element that most people think of.Disparity Between State and Federal Child Prostitution SentencesAmong NDIC interviewees:• 78 percent of respondents reported that they have no concrete data on state and federalinvestigations, prosecutions, or sentences.• 26 percent of respondents reported that in their opinion, there is a disparity and federalchild prostitution sentences are more severe than state sentences.• 22 percent of respondents reported that in their opinion state sentences for child prostitution offenses are not long enough. Child Prostitution ProfitsAmong NDIC interviewees:• 15 percent of respondents reported that female child victims of prostitution make approximately $1,000-$3,000 per night, but do not get to keep their profit. • 75 percent of respondents reported that traffickers take the profits from child victims ofprostitution and leave the child victims of prostitution nothing.• 20 percent of respondents reported that the traffickers take all of the profits and use themto live lavish lifestyles (numerous expensive cars, clothes, jewelry, and drugs) and givethe child victims of prostitution nothing aside from the bare minimum required for themto survive.D-16