Teens say suspect their pimp:Expert says up to 600 children work city stre

[Judi Lynn]

Sept. 21, 2006, 12:38AM
Teens say suspect their pimp
Expert says up to 600 children work city streets nightly


By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Two teenagers testifying in a child sex-trafficking trial are like hundreds of child prostitutes working the Houston streets in a struggle for survival, an expert on child prostitution said Wednesday.

The children often willingly become prostitutes because they are fending for themselves on the streets, are abandoned by adults, and have no other way to feed themselves, said Sam Quattrochi, superintendent of the Letot Center in Dallas.

Quattrochi testified on the third day of the trial of George "Unique" Anderson III, 28, of Houston on two counts of sex trafficking of children.

A 16-year-old girl from West Palm Beach, Fla., and a 15-year-old girl from Beaumont testified Tuesday that Anderson was their pimp when they were arrested separately for prostitution last year.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4202815.html

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DU'ers may remember _{George W. Bush} has issued statements charging OTHER COUNTRIES with having problems with child prostitution several times during his pResidency. Looks as if he has been flinging stones while forgetting his own house is surely made of glass.