As many as 25 suspects were arrested by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office along with Homeland Security Investigations North Texas Trafficking Task Force in a two-day operation.
The sting, announced Monday, was conducted in the Dallas County area. It sought to arrest buyers who wanted to purchase commercial sex, according to a news release.
The operation was conducted on April 11 and April 12, according to the release.
The operation is part of ongoing efforts by law enforcement agencies in Texas to continue fighting sex and human trafficking in the state.
“This operation was conducted with numerous local and state law enforcement partners to combat the demand for commercial sex through “buyers” that could lead to greater demand for human trafficking victims,” the release states.
As The Dallas Express has reported on human trafficking and sex trafficking and will continue to do so, law enforcement officials have made it their mission to go after and arrest people that continue to purchase commercial sex.
If you suspect someone may be a human trafficking victim, contact Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at 1-866-347-2423; Dallas County Sheriff’s Department Special Investigations Unit at 214-653-3514, or a human trafficking task force in your area to report a tip.
Out of all 14 Districts in Dallas, District 6, which is represented by Dallas City Councilman Omar Narvaez, has the only cases of human trafficking, and commercial sex acts, with five cases year to date.
That is a 25% increase year over year, according to the Dallas Crime Analytics Dashboard.
The overwhelming majority of women engaged in prostitution our sole proprietors who have no other marketable skills but still have bills and other responsibilities that they have to attend to. Criminalizing both ends of a commercial sex transaction is misguided. If the concern is stopping people from being trafficked then enforce the laws that have been on the books for nearly 100 years against pimping or underaged women engaging in sex with adult men but don’t take away the only livelihood that a lot of women have. Prostitution is an excellent way to pay your bills if you’re too ugly or too lazy to be a stripper and if you can’t get by on minimum wage.
“Too ugly or too lazy”? What about all those very young and attractive trying to put themselves through college, med school, etc.? Pretty asinine statement. No surprise it was from a male.
You seem to be the well-informed expert Bill.
Bill – please provide the factual data to support your opening sentence.
So, you can pay a girl to sit on your lap and grind into your crotch and that’s perfectly legal, but if you slide inside, now you both get arrested. Really stupid. It should be legal and controlled, making it safer for everybody. It’s now legal in most states to smoke pot, inhibiting your judgement and possibly leading to car or other accidents that can kill or injure someone. But consensual sex between 2 adults as a transaction is forbidden. Yet there are plenty of songs glorifying women giving men sex in exchange for him buying her clothes, phone, paying rent, etc (think WAP). Which of course is legal. Please.
I wish this information had been included. I have been involved with what started as the Prostitute Diversion Initiative which was started in Dallas and was one of the most progressive programs of its time treating Prostitutes as victims rather than criminals in the nation. Other cities then started similar programs. Those picked up had the opportunity to go into the system, or go through the initiative for a chance to start over. I am still involved these many years later. The program also reaches out to the buyers and provides them an education as to their act and involvement in solicitation. http://www.pdinewlife.org