Anti-Sex Trafficking Sting at Comic-Con Yields 14 Arrests, Rescues 10 Possible Victims

Anti-Sex Trafficking Sting at Comic-Con Yields 14 Arrests, Rescues 10 Possible Victims
Guests attend Preview Night for 2024 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center in San Diego on July 24, 2024. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—An anti-human trafficking sting at last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con International resulted in 14 arrests of people seeking to purchase sex and the recovery of 10 potential sex trafficking victims, authorities announced Wednesday.

The operation involved law enforcement officers working undercover as sex buyers in order to identify traffickers and victims, as well as the posting of fake advertisements soliciting sex.

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