PHOENIX — The results of a multi-agency undercover operation supported by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and led by the Phoenix Police Department Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEaT) Unit, was announced Oct. 24.
The operation was conducted with federal, state and local HEaT representatives, including the Phoenix Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit, Tempe Police Department, Mesa Police Department, FBI, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for Operation Tangled Web. This undercover operation targeted to reduce the demand of child sex crimes and human trafficking.
Throughout the operational period, undercover detectives placed ads on websites commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts. The suspects allegedly solicited and/or brokered deals for various sex acts with minors and were subsequently arrested.
Fox 10 Phoenix
The Phoenix Police Department routinely conducts operations of this type with local, state and federal partners in a continuous effort to reduce the demand that fuels child sex trafficking and the exploitation of children in the community.
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