By AZFamily Digital News Staff
SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — More than 170 people were arrested during a sex trafficking sting that spanned three weeks, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.
Scottsdale police said the operation happened between Jan. 21 and Feb. 14 and was led by the agency’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit, also known as “HEAT.”
Detectives worked with several other Valley and northern Arizona law enforcement agencies to conduct the sting targeting sex buyers, child predators and people involved in illegal sex work.
However, Scottsdale police said they used decoys and that no actual children were placed in danger. Continue reading “173 arrests made during Scottsdale PD’s weeks-long sex trafficking sting”