Footage courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) work on scene at an illegal brothel in Moultrie, Ga., October 29 during Operation Safe Haven.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 29 people in 13 cities and eight states Thursday on sex trafficking and related charges in a sweeping operation dubbed “Operation Safe Haven” targeting a network of illegal brothels trafficking Hispanic females. In addition to these arrests, HSI identified 15 potential human trafficking victims from brothels across the southeastern United States with assistance from the Department of Homeland Security Joint Task Force – Investigations, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Federal Emergency Management Administration and multiple state/local law enforcement agencies.