Florida human trafficking
Prostitution and sexual Battery of children those are among the charges Greg for more than 150 people they’re now facing those charges after a five-day operation that involve suspects who live across central Florida but also some who traveled here to Florida for vacation to only end up in jail there are too many mug shots to show them all 157 people arrested some of them still sitting in the Pulk County Jail the suspects range in age from 61 to just 15 years old we do these operations to save the victims pulk County investigators working in conjunction with law enforcement agencies in Lake and Ociola County say nearly 100 of the suspects were arrested for soliciting a prostitute but perhaps the most disturbing was the one who they say was arrested for human trafficking usually it’s remarkably difficult to find the human trafficker but we did this time we also rescued four potential victims of human trafficking that admitted it upfront and social service agencies were on hand to help in hopes of saving them from a life that could have destroyed them permanently we offer these services not only to the individuals who are able to be exploitation the sheriff said today of those arrested identified immediately as tr uh human trafficking survivors but also those who are not ready to identify those who are not ready to exit a life of sexual exploitation the sheriff said today of those arrested 25 were here in the country illegally from various countries 26 of the suspects are married sheriff Juds Grady Juds said one suspect told them he work sat a Disney first award.