FBI recovers 6 minors, arrests 2 in Denver Stock Show sex trade sting [View all]
Source: Denver Post
Federal and local law enforcement officials recovered six child victims of domestic sex trafficking and arrested two alleged traffickers during the 2015 National Western Stock Show.
The children — ranging in age from 14- to 17-years-old — were victims of commercial sex exploitation, the FBI said in a news release Monday. The FBI worked with several Denver-area law enforcement departments and the Colorado State Patrol in the operation.
Federal agents have previously found that large events with a national draw bring an influx of people and money into the city. With that influx also comes an increase in child sex trafficking, the FBI said.
"This will not be tolerated, and law enforcement will continue to use any such event as an opportunity to identify and rescue trafficked minors, prosecute those who exploit these children and increase the public's awareness of commercial sexual exploitation involving children," Special Agent in Charge Thomas Ravenelle said in a statement.
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