Operation Game Over: 75 arrested in Super Bowl human trafficking sting, sheriff says
By FOX 13 News staff
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TAMPA, Fla. - In the days leading up to the Super Bowl, Hillsborough County detectives were working undercover in an anti-human trafficking operation.
Sheriff Chad Chronister announced Thursday 75 individuals were arrested during Operation Game Over, describing it as a record-number of arrests. Among them, three men are facing human trafficking charges. Others were trying to exchange money for sex, he explained. The sickening practice of human trafficking is a crime that is nothing less than modern-day slavery, Chronister said during the press conference. We have not and will not relent in our efforts to stop the demand.
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A nationwide effort to curb human trafficking the week prior to the Super Bowl in Tampa resulted in 75 arrests.
Operation Game Over resulted in the arrests of three men on charges of human trafficking of a minor as well as the recovery of six individuals who were believed to be victims of human trafficking.
During a news conference Thursday, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said the individuals were arrested as part of Operation Game Over the week prior to the Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium.
Chronister said those arrested are accused of seeking to either buy or sell sex.