
19 Child Sex Trafficking Suspects Arrested in California
Published on December 8, 2023
Authorities announced the arrests of over a dozen child sex trafficking suspects Dec. 5 after a three-day multiagency operation. Undercover agents and detectives posing as minors offering sex for pay on apps and websites in the operation, dubbed “White Elephant,” led to the arrest of 19 suspects between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office. “In California, we do not tolerate the sexual exploitation and human trafficking of children,” Mr. Bonta said in a Dec. 5 press release. “Our fight against sexual exploitation and human trafficking will not waver because even one person being exploited is one too many.”...
