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8 arrested in Tennessee human trafficking sting allegedly sought sex acts from minors
By Stephen Sorace | Fox News
A two-day undercover human trafficking sting in Tennessee led to the arrests of eight men who allegedly sought to illicit sex from minors, investigators said Monday.
The operation began Thursday as an effort to address human trafficking in East Tennessee, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said.
Investigators put up several decoy advertisements on websites with known links to prostitution and commercial sex cases to identify individuals seeking to engage in sex acts with minors, the agency said.
The decoy ads attracted eight men, all of whom were