Across the nation, so many brave law enforcement officers are engaging in sting operations to catch human traffickers, along with their buyers. Individuals who choose to buy other human beings for sex hold just as much accountability as the traffickers who are often selling women and children.
In countless sting operations nationwide, police have managed to rescue trafficking victims. They’ve likewise arrested perpetrators and buyers, along with saving other people from victimization later down the line.
Shining a light of these sting operations is imperative in raising awareness about human trafficking. One of the latest human trafficking sting operations comes out of Alabama.
Holding human traffickers accountable
Members of the West Alabama Human Trafficking Taskforce invested months in a successful sting operation; this operation subsequently led to the arrests of six men.
In this operation, police posed as a 16-year-old girl sold for sex. The men arrested tried to meet up with who they believed to be a minor. Thankfully, however, they wound up meeting with the undercover officer.
