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March 18, 2022 – 4:12 p.m Clock
Mega strike once morest human trafficking, prostitution and child abuse: In a six-day operation, Florida police officers arrested 108 suspects. The particularly spicy: According to the “New York Post”, four of them are Disney employees.
Disney employees are said to have tried to recruit prostitutes
At a press conference, Prost Sheriff Grady Judd presented the results of the operation.
One of them, Xavier J., worked as a lifeguard at the “Polynesian Village Resort” in Florida, which belongs to the Disney group. According to Sheriff Grady Judd, the 27-year-old sent messages and inappropriate photos of himself to an alleged 14-year-old. What J. didn’t know was that an undercover detective was behind the teenager’s profile. According to CBS News, J. is charged with three counts of transmitting harmful material to minors and one count of illegal communications.
According to the police report, which is available to the “New York Post”, the three other suspect Disney employees are a software developer, a restaurant worker and an IT employee. The latter two worked for Disney for regarding four years. The three are said to have tried to recruit a prostitute. Undercover cops convicted the suspects at a meeting. They had arranged that online beforehand. Prostitution is a criminal offense in many places in the United States.
Florida: Sheriff credits human trafficking operation as a success
“The mere arrests of a human trafficker and four child kidnappers make this whole operation worthwhile,” Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement. “Where there is prostitution, there is exploitation, disease, dysfunction and broken families.”
Operation March Sadness 2 began on March 8th. The authorities found prostitutes who posted advertisements online and clients who responded to them. In addition, the police officers identified people who tried to engage in sexual chats with children. The oldest person arrested was a 67-year-old man and the youngest, a 17-year-old. (jmu)
