U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agents recently announced 14 arrests that occurred in March during a multi-agency sex trafficking and child exploitation sting operation. ICE announced that among the group of 14 suspected offenders arrested were a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, a pastor, and a public-school guard.
The operation, dubbed “Operation Out of Bounds,” took place in and around Dayton, Ohio, between March 16 and 18. The results of the operation were first announced in a Facebook social media post by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The operation was conducted by the Miami Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, comprised of multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
The task force targeted individuals that sought to engage in prostitution and the solicitation of minors. After the operation, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost commented on the results achieved, saying, “Those fueling the demand for human trafficking have no discernment if the person they are meeting for sex is a willing participant, a victim, or in these cases, our task force agents. Play it safe, don’t buy sex in Ohio.”