By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
There was more than potential terrorist threats on the mind of the FBI involving Super Bowel LIII in Atlanta.
The FBI said Tuesday that 169 people were arrested in an operation targeting the threat of sex trafficking leading up to the big event.
A press release said an 11-day sting, starting Jan. 23, resulted in the arrest of 26 alleged traffickers, 34 people accused of trying to engage in sex acts with minors, nine alleged juvenile sex-trafficking victims and nine more alleged adult victims, Fox News reports.
“The operation’s goal was to raise awareness about sex trafficking by proactively addressing that threat during the Super Bowl and events leading up to the Super Bowl,” the press release read. “Sex trafficking is not just a problem during large-scale events, it is a 365-day-a-year problem in communities all across the country.”
