Florida law enforcement has announced a big human trafficking bust. Yet was it? See 71 Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting in Florida Ahead of Tampa Super Bowl.
The headline announces a bust against human trafficking, yet reading the story it appears this was just a prostitution sting. The police posted online ads for sex or had female detectives pose as sex workers. They then arrested men who answered the ads. All will be charged with some variation of patronizing a prostitute.
Notice that no actual prostitutes, pimps, etc. were involved. Nobody actually involved in human trafficking was arrested nor were any women "rescued" from sex work.
This appears to be an attempt to generate some headlines in advance of the Superbowl. These arrests are not doing to do anything to fight actual human trafficking. There might be a brief, minimal affect on the number of men seeking out a prostitute out of fear of a new police sting, but beyond that it will be business as usual in the sex trade.
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