Police bust 23 men for sexual exploitation in Brandon sweep
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Police arrested more than 20 men in Brandon as part of a joint operation targeting sexual exploitation in the city.
The investigation, dubbed Project Blockade, was a joint operation between the Brandon Police Service’s Organized Crime Section, Winnipeg Police Service’s Counter Exploitation Unit and the Manitoba Criminal Intelligence Centre.
On June 12 and June 13, police arrested 23 men for allegedly paying for sex or attempting to arrange a transaction to buy sexual services.
The arrests took place in various areas, police said, including specific areas in the city and local hotels.
Police also seized six vehicles under a section of the Highway Traffic Act that allows peace officers to seize and impound vehicles if there are reasonable grounds to believe they are being used in prostitution-related offences.
The project’s aim was to “disrupt both street-level and online sexual exploitation activities,” BPS said in a news release on Thursday.
“The goal and priorities of Project Blockade is to protect vulnerable people from sexual exploitation, reduce the demands that fuels prostitution-related offences and hold offenders accountable through proactive enforcement,” Insp. Dana McCallum said in the release.
BPS urged anyone with information related to this investigation or anyone who is aware of suspects or other sexual exploitation-related offences to contact BPS or Crime Stoppers.
» The Brandon Sun