Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Monday that a record number of people have been arrested for human trafficking following an undercover sting operation.
While the arrests are a record, Dart contends the number would be much higher if the department had additional personnel.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"The only reason those are the numbers, that is how much personnel I have to put into this," the sheriff stated."If I had more – I would make thousands more ." Multiple people who were apprehended in the operation have been accused of promoting prostitution by posting on websites.“If you were to go to any of the sites right now – there is no mystery what is going,” he said.
Dart previously worked to shut down Backpage.com for prostitution and human trafficking. In 2018, federal authorities shut down the website after a senate report found the website"knowingly concealed evidence of crimes.”“There is literally no end to the victims we come across,” he said. “We have an entire group that just works with the victims. We are just overwhelmed.”
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