A recent prostitution bust in Denton County led to the arrest of 17 men.
The sheriff said the men went online looking for sex and arranged to meet at a hotel off Interstate 35. When they arrived, law enforcement was waiting.
“You may not be talking to a prostitute. You may be talking to somebody who looks like me who is wearing a badge and a gun,” said Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree.“They know when they go to meet one of these individuals that it’s more than likely someone who’s either being human trafficked or who’s down on their luck and they’re taking advantage of that and they know that,” Murphree said.
New Friends, New Life is a North Texas-based resource for trafficking survivors. The CEO said human trafficking is a $99 million industry in DFW.
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