they get intelligence and information about social media, internet traffic in the area that seems to feature young girls and gather up all of the information, so that when the feds step in, they figure out who could be targeted in the street. whether a pimp gets state or federal charges, sort of is a question of whatever the facts are on the ground, erin. >> so, joe, what about the girls? i mean, these are young girls, more than 100 of them. what's the next step for them, and how do they find them? i mean, what i found shocking, looking at this story today, is how this is, you know, as incredible as this was, a victory for the fbi, a drop in the bucket compared to the number of young girls in this country who are being sexually exploited. >> reporter: no question. that's absolutely right. and the fact of the matter is young prostitutes used to be treated as part of the problem, and now they're starting to be treated more like victims, which is what they really are. the really sad fact is that all