Two San Diego gangs have been indicted in what federal authorities called a "massive criminal enterprise" that focused primarily on the sex trafficking of teenage girls and young women across the nation, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
The case illustrates how profitable prostitution has become for street gangs — members can be seen in YouTube videos holding gold chalices and scepters worth thousands of dollars to symbolize their "pimp status" — and it shows how far a gang’s activities can spread through use of the Internet and social media.