A cooperative effort to battle human trafficking that involved sheriff's offices in Clay, Clinton, Platte, and Ray counties, along with the Kearney Police Department, resulted in 12 arrests last week.

The operation, according to a news release from the Platte County Sheriff's Department, was designed to "reduce the demand for victimization of victim-survivors of sex trafficking in these communities, connect to and provide critical services and support to these potential victims, and

especially deter any suspect attempting to prey upon children who have been enslaved by the commercial sex industry."

Agencies from the Kansas City area, across Kansas, and from Arizona and Nevada helped with the investigation, according to the news release.

The results:

Seven people were arrested and book

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