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27 ‘Sex Buyers’ Arrested in Sacramento County Human Trafficking Operation

“These are the ones enabling all this trafficking to occur,” said a sheriff’s spokesman.
27 ‘Sex Buyers’ Arrested in Sacramento County Human Trafficking Operation
A total of 27 men were arrested on suspicion of attempting to pay for sex. Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
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The Sacramento County sheriff’s special investigations unit arrested 27 men March 22 in connection with a human trafficking operation targeting sex buyers.

The operation conducted Friday targeted people who pay for sex, according to a department spokesman.

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