Two illegal immigrants from Honduras were arrested in a Genesee County child sex sting operation last week, according to Sheriff Chris Swanson. Swanson carried out the two-day operation with the help of the Genesee Human Oppression Strike Team (GHOST) and Chris Hansen, host of Dateline NBC’s iconic To Catch a Predator.
Over the two days, the GHOST team nabbed four men who attempted to meet up with the intention of exploiting a child, including two illegal immigrants from Honduras, one from Lapeer and another from Utica. Two of the suspects are married with children, including the suspect who chatted for five hours, whose wife is a teacher with a newborn at home. Another suspect was a 25-year-old student who shared specifics on how he wanted to exploit the decoy, WNEM reports.
The arrests are only the most recent in Michigan involving illegal immigrants and human trafficking, or sex crimes against children. A Chinese national was charged with multiple felonies earlier this month after a large-scale sting operation the month prior showed she helped operate human trafficking and commercial sex operations at illicit massage parlors in Wayne County. Huazi Piao, the 60-year-old woman from China, was among several non-citizens and illegal immigrants involved in what authorities alleged was one of Michigan’s largest sex trafficking rings.
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