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<p>LOS ANGELES — Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week&#x27;s Comic-Con event in California rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl, and made multiple arrests, prosecutors said Wednesday.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/7/28/robert-downey-jr-announces-shock-marvel-return-at-comic-con-1350">• Robert Downey Jr. announces shock Marvel return at Comic-Con</a></div><p>A task force involving local San Diego police, federal officers and naval intelligence arrested 14 people who were attempting to buy sex at the giant pop culture gathering.</p><p>Ten victims were rescued, nine of them adults, said California Attorney General Rob Bonta.</p><p>&quot;Unfortunately, sex traffickers capitalize on large scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims for profit,&quot; said Bonta, in a statement.</p><p>San Diego Comic-Con is one of the world&#x27;s largest pop culture events.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/05/23/filipinos-join-san-diego-comic-con">• Filipinos make their presence felt at San Diego comic-con</a></div><p>Around 135,000 people were expected to attend the convention, which lasted from Thursday to Sunday.</p><p>&quot;Obviously we find this very disturbing and, while we were not made aware of this operation, it is our understanding that the arrests were made outside of the event,&quot; a spokesperson for Comic-Con said in a statement to AFP.</p><p>&quot;We work closely with a variety of law enforcement entities throughout the year and stand ready to assist in any way we can.&quot;</p><p>Originally a grassroots event for comic books fans to meet, Comic-Con has grown exponentially and is today used by giant Hollywood studios and A-list stars to launch their latest blockbuster movies and TV shows.</p><p>Christopher Davis, acting special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said &quot;highly attended events&quot; like Comic-Con are often seen by criminals as &quot;an opportunity to prey upon minors.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Working together, teams identified and arrested more than a dozen individuals participating in these illegal acts in our city over the weekend,&quot; said San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl.</p><p>Law enforcement personnel placed undercover advertisements soliciting sex in order to arrest sex buyers.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CF0qi5WLS0s?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week's Comic-Con event rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl.</p>

Undercover officers posing as sex buyers at last week's Comic-Con event rescued human trafficking victims, including a 16-year-old girl.

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Sex trafficking victims rescued by undercover agents at Comic-Con

Sex trafficking victims rescued by undercover agents at Comic-Con

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Published Aug 01, 2024 09:11 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 01, 2024 09:38 AM PHT

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