One hundred and sixty people have been charged following a human trafficking crackdown across the state of Ohio.
the successful weeklong crackdown that was dubbed “Operation Buyer’s Remorse,” noting 104 “potential human trafficking survivors” were “encountered and referred to services.”
AG Yost today announced the success of a weeklong statewide human trafficking crackdown, ‘Operation Buyer’s Remorse,’ which sought to arrest those trying to buy sex and to identify survivors of human trafficking.Officials began arresting the individuals on September 25 and wrapped up their work on Saturday. The arrests occurred in and near the communities of Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Akron, Youngstown, Marietta, and Portsmouth.
Lake Co. Lt. Larry Harpster said, “It’s not a big city problem, it’s an everybody problem. And it’s affecting everyone.” Approximately 100 law enforcement agencies and human service groups across the state were involved in the operation that was led by the attorney general’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission, per the“Those arrested in the operation ranged in age from 17 to as old as 84 and included an EMT, nurses, former law enforcement officers and retirees, Yost reported,” the newspaper said.
“The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or psychological. Exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used,” the agency explained.
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