Comic-Con would be a venue of opportunity, not an active participant in these crimes. The con had nothing to do with this, in other words. The article was still alarming to read:
Authorities arrested 14 people and rescued 10 victims in a massive human trafficking sting at the San Diego Comic-Con Convention, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Tuesday.
The operation took place Thursday through Saturday at the wildly popular and star-studded convention in downtown San Diego and involved local and state task force officers, Bonta’s office said.
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. They also posted undercover ads soliciting sex.
Via @CalebHowe. If you’re wondering why it happened there, Comic-Con is a high-traffic event with an extremely wide range of participants where it’s easy to overlook odd behavior. A good place to do something illegal, in other words. Fortunately, the cops know that, too.
Nonetheless, human trafficking is a blot on our culture. I have every sympathy for its victims, and none for it perpetrators. It needs to end.
Moe Lane
It’s hard to get me scandalized over prostitution at a convention. And that’s pretty much what “human trafficking” is a euphemism for these days. There needs to be some genuine evidence of kidnapping and enslavement before I am ready to regard it as more than that. 😐
What is done to the children who are trafficked is worse.
They should be shot.
Whether in the head or kneecaps, depends.