Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), in the US say they have rescued more than fifty children children from prostitution rings. Nearly seven hundred people were arrested in thirty-six cities over three days in the operation targeting a number of prostitution hotspots.

Reports say most of those rescued were girls under eighteen with the youngest just ten years old.  Dozens of pimps were also arrested.

The raid was part of a larger FBI operation which has so far rescued nearly nine hundred children from prostitution.