There are an estimated 100,000 arrests for prostitution every year, but how do law enforcement officers infiltrate the underground world of the commercial sex industry? And who are the johns behind the tidal wave of demand fueling the commercial sex industry in America?
Female police officers pose as decoys to lure Johns. Three decoys are seen here before a sting operation in Miami, Fla.(Kristin Pisarcik/ABC News)More Photos
The FBI and the Justice Department operate "Innocence Lost," a federal initiative to combat sex crimes against children through domestic sex trafficking or child prostitution.
Innocence Lost has task forces set up in 23 cities around the country.
Miami was one of the first 13 cities assigned a task force, "not because of the weather, but it has one of the highest levels of juvenile prostitution in the country," said Sgt. Kelly Sullivan of the Metro Dade Police Department Innocence Lost Vice Task Force.
The FBI works with local law enforcement to plan stings targeting pimps and to rescue minors, but they also conduct "prostitution reversal stings" targeting the johns.
ABC News was granted rare access to a john sting on the streets of Miami and to an escort sting in a high-class hotel. more
Female police officers pose as decoys to lure Johns. Three decoys are seen here before a sting operation in Miami, Fla.(Kristin Pisarcik/ABC News)More Photos
The FBI and the Justice Department operate "Innocence Lost," a federal initiative to combat sex crimes against children through domestic sex trafficking or child prostitution.
Innocence Lost has task forces set up in 23 cities around the country.
Miami was one of the first 13 cities assigned a task force, "not because of the weather, but it has one of the highest levels of juvenile prostitution in the country," said Sgt. Kelly Sullivan of the Metro Dade Police Department Innocence Lost Vice Task Force.
The FBI works with local law enforcement to plan stings targeting pimps and to rescue minors, but they also conduct "prostitution reversal stings" targeting the johns.
ABC News was granted rare access to a john sting on the streets of Miami and to an escort sting in a high-class hotel. more
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