Federal agents have arrested 10 individuals for alleged sex trafficking in Los Angeles, most of whom have links to the Hoover Criminals Gang.
The arrests were the result of Operation Broken Blade, a joint federal and local law enforcement initiative targeting gang-operated sex trafficking in Los Angeles.
In a July 6 statement, the Department of Homeland Security said its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Los Angeles office, along with federal and local partner agencies, executed more than 20 federal warrants during the week of July 1 and identified 51 victims, some as young as 14.
“The actions taken today by HSI are another decisive blow against those who have exploited the vulnerable people of our community, and they will now face the consequences of those actions,” Eddy Wang, special agent in charge for HSI Los Angeles, said in the statement. …