A newly launched human trafficking strike team in Florida has rescued 10 victims and arrested several perpetrators. The state says the team was created to combat criminal groups “exploiting Biden’s open border to bring trafficking victims” into the U.S.
The Florida Human Trafficking Strike Team is a multi-agency operation that was launched to dismantle a massive trafficking ring operating in multiple locations throughout the state after authorities learned of a trafficker who recruited women from Colombia and Venezuela and forced them into sex work, according to Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office.
“Until Biden does his job and closes the border, we must continue to develop new methods to deal with international crime rings that exploit Biden’s reckless agenda to perpetuate crime in Florida,” Moody said.
Moody says the state is being proactive in enforcing the law as it “falls on the shoulders of these folks standing behind me to make sure that we are rescuing those that are being taken advantage of.”
The strike force of several law enforcement agencies and social agencies is the latest investment the state is making to fight the trafficking epidemic.
“Human trafficking is an atrocious crime, enslaving millions across the globe,” Moody
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