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#12026485 at 2020-12-14 21:51:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15353: All Your Electors Are Belong To Us Edition. Edition
Interpol-led Operation Busts Human Smuggling Networks
An Interpol-led operation conducted throughout 32 countries and across four continentsresulted in arrests of more than 200 people belonging to criminal networks involved in the smuggling of more than 3,500 people, most of whom were migrants.
The migrants rescued and identified during the operation were from roughly 50 countries and were attempting to enter the U.S. and Canada, "mainly through smuggling routes in Latin America and the Caribbean," the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a statement Monday.
"More than 30 of the arrests were tied to the prevalence of sexual exploitation of female migrants and human trafficking victims," Interpol said.
They added that during the operation, which was coordinated from Brazilian Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia between November 27 and December 3 - codenamed Turquesa II - "more than 50,000 checks against Interpol databases were made at air, land and sea borders as well as national hotspots."
Throughout this crackdown, police in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia also discovered other wanted criminals.
Authorities in Panama arrested the "subject of a Red Notice wanted internationally in connection with a murder in Mexico," while in Mexico, "authorities arrested the alleged leader of a Mexican-based organized crime group smuggling migrants from the coast of Cuba using speed boats."
"Connecting police across continents is crucial to stem the trail of misery behind migrant smuggling," Interpol Secretary General, Jürgen Stock, said.
He also warned that operation Turquesa II showed "how organized crime groups continue to take advantage of vulnerable people seeking a better life, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, and demand large sums of money with little or no concern for their welfare."
UNODC, whose crime prevention experts have been supporting Interpol, commended the operation and said it "will continue to play a key role in the postoperative phase of Turquesa II."
"Multi-agency cooperation is essential to stop migrant smugglers and human traffickers, and rescue victims," UNODC Executive Director, Ghada Waly, said.
The UN agency added that it has facilitated coordination between law enforcement agencies and specialized prosecutors in preparation for the next phase of the operation, which it said would be crucial.
"We will use our expertise to ensure that the cases of migrant smuggling and human trafficking identified during this operation will lead to successful prosecutions and convictions," UNODC Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Carlos Perez, said.
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13533-interpol-led-operation-busts-human-smuggling-networks
#3108396 at 2018-09-20 19:13:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3933: Changing Things Fast Edition
Police arrest 28 people in human trafficking sting operation in Compton, California
Twenty-eight people were arrested and a 16-year-old Texas female was rescued during a human trafficking sting operation in Compton, California, KCBS-TV reported.
According to the Los Angeles County website, Los Angeles is a major hub for human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery that uses force, fraud, or coercion in selling sex or in obtaining a form of labor.
What were the charges?
Authorities arrested 12 men for allegedly soliciting undercover deputies for various sex acts.
Also, 11 women were arrested on suspicion of loitering for the purposes of prostitution. Three women were arrested on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution after they solicited sex for money from undercover sheriff's detectives, reports state.
Three adults who were identified as victims of human trafficking agreed to accept services from the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. Three more victims accepted help from the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program. The others were booked at the Century Regional Detention Facility, reports state.
The 16-year-old girl was first trafficked in Houston and subsequently was sent to work in Southern California. She was taken into custody while on Long Beach Boulevard. With assistance from the FBI, she was reunited with her parents in Houston.
Two of the males arrested are still in custody.
Juan Carlos Perez Rivas, 37, of Fullerton, was arrested on suspicion of traveling to meet a minor for lewd purposes. He allegedly solicited an undercover sheriff's deputy who was posing as a young girl on a social media site. Rivas is being held at the Century Regional Detention Facility in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Major Louis Starling, 33, of Pasadena, was arrested on suspicion of pandering. He allegedly tried to recruit an undercover sheriff's deputy as a sex worker and is being held at the CRDF. Bail was set at $35,000.
The regional task force include members of the FBI, District Attorney's Office, California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles Unified School Police and Homeland Security Investigations.
Anything else?
In May, 27 people were arrested and two female teenage sex trafficking victims, were rescued during a joint law enforcement operation in Compton, California.
In January, a statewide operation resulted in 510 arrests, and more than 50 adult and juvenile females were also rescued.
"Operation Reclaim and Rebuild was a three-day assault on one of the most heinous crimes of modern times: The sexual exploitation of another human being for profit," Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said at the time.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/09/20/police-arrest-28-people-in-human-trafficking-sting-operation-in-compton-california