Seattle A sting operation has brought down part of a prostitution ring in Washington state, saving 26 women from sex work.

An unmarked storefront was known by people soliciting sex as the "Magic Touch." The massage parlor was one of the first on police's radar after tips came in from community members, police said.

https://myfox8.com/2019/03/08/twenty-six-women-freed-from-prostitution-ring-where-they-were-forced-to-work-up-to-20-hours-a-day-police-say/?fbclid=IwAR3XYXUYOclRYueGxCn6UvhT7t_QNXOAQv5cbA4njdh3Up2PMXcoRQX0nAg

"Irish authorities extradited a dual national citizen of the United States and Ireland to the United States to face federal charges that he allegedly advertised and distributed child pornography on the dark web."

The extradition and federal charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur for the District of Maryland and Assistant Director Robert Johnson of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alleged-dark-web-child-pornography-facilitator-extradited-united-states-face-federal-charges

"ST. PAUL — Nearly five dozen people are facing possible felony charges following their arrests for attempting to solicit children for sex or for trafficking victims, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).

Investigators with the BCA-led Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force conducted an operation April 4-8 in several Twin Cities communities. During the operation, suspects chatted on several social media platforms with undercover agents and investigators who posed as minors or as sex buyers. Investigators arrested the suspects as they arrived at an arranged meeting place for an encounter…."

https://breaking911.com/breaking-minnesota-authorities-arrest-58-people-rescue-28-victims-in-child-sex-and-trafficking-sting/