SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) – Fourteen people were arrested and 10 potential victims were recovered after a human trafficking sting at San Diego Comic-Con, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday.
As part of the sting, which was conducted Thursday through Saturday, law enforcement personnel posed as sex buyers to identify and contact potential trafficking victims and arrest their traffickers, according to the attorney general's office. Officers also posted undercover ads soliciting sex in order to arrest buyers.