Following the end of November, when several agencies participated in Operation White Elephant, a total of 19 people have been taken into custody on accusations pertaining to child exploitation and human trafficking, as reported by the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators claim that a number of people made plans to meet in order to pay for sex, get paid for sex, meet with boys and girls who are underage for sex, and set up minor girls to be trafficked.
Two females were also freed from human trafficking, according to deputies.
The Kings County Major Crimes Task Force, Homeland Security, Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran, California Department of Justice, FBI, Kings County Sheriff’s Office, and Naval Criminal Investigation Services (NCIS) conducted an operation to combat child exploitation and human trafficking between November 29 and December 1, according to the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.
The operation lasted from November 29 and December 1, 2023, and included special agents from the California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Bureau of Investigation, the Human Trafficking and Sexual Predator Apprehension Team, along with the agents, officers and deputies from Kings County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Homeland Security Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hanford Police Department, Lemoore Police Department, and Corcoran Police Department.
Participants included members from the following 17 different local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
-Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force
-Fresno County Sheriff’s Office
-Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
-Fresno Police Department
-Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC)
-Fresno County Probation Adult Compliance Team (ACT)
-Fresno County District Attorney’s Office
-U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California
-California Department of Justice
-U.S. Secret Service
-Paso Robles Police Department
-Atascadero Police Department
-Hanford Police Department
-Kerman Police Department
-Madera County Sheriff’s Office
-Merced County District Attorney’s Office
-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Also helping to make this operation a success through supportive roles were the following local groups: Breaking the Chains, RH Homes, Granville Homes and Caglia Environmental.
The basis for launching this operation is that children’s use of electronic devices and social media is higher than ever. A potential danger of being online more often is having an encounter with a sexual predator who is seeking out relationships with children.
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