NEW YORK — John Walsh has been hunting “America’s Most Wanted” fugitives since 1988. For the episode that aired Saturday, he went undercover in Southeast Asia to investigate the sex trafficking of Cambodian children.
Accompanied by British police officer Jim Gamble, Walsh says he was shocked by what he saw. He and Gamble went into a bar where there were 50 to 60 girls, Walsh said.
Gamble told a madam they wanted young girls, Walsh said. He said the woman replied, ” ‘What do you want? We have 6- and 7-year-old boys and girls. I can arrange that off premises.’ It was disgusting and heartbreaking.”
Walsh said the episode was a “tough show to watch” but said it’s important to expose the reality that children are sexually assaulted by predators — many of whom are from the U.S. The Associated Press
