Dozens of minors were rescued during an operation in which investigators posed as teenage girls in online chat rooms
Hundreds of suspected child predators have been apprehended and dozens of minors rescued in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown across Southern California targeting internet-facilitated child exploitation, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has said.
A total of 341 suspects were arrested and 40 minors rescued during Operation Firewall, which was spearheaded by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and ran from April 19 through May 3 across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.
According to a Thursday press release by the LAPD, the operation was aimed at “identifying and apprehending predators who use the internet to facilitate the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.”
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