Florida: 35 Illegal Aliens Among 219 Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting

A number of illegal aliens were arrested in a human trafficking sting operation in Polk County, Florida. this month, local law enforcement announced.

According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, 35 illegal aliens were among 219 arrested as part of the seven-day undercover operation. Of those illegal aliens, 12 were men seeking prostitutes, 18 were prostitutes, and three were victims of human trafficking.

“Thirty-five of them should not have been in the United States, but they were,” Judd said. “They were here as suspects, but they were also here as victims. They were forced, indentured into having to be here to pay off their transportation debt among other issues.”

The illegal aliens arrived in the U.S. from Cuba, Chile, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and the Bahamas.

One of the illegal aliens arrested is 30-year-old Freddy Escalona, who was charged with felony human trafficking. According to Judd, Escalona loaned a victim money to fix her car and made her prostitute herself to pay back the money.

Escalona, according to Judd, was taking anywhere from 60 to 70 percent of the victim’s prostitution earnings. He allegedly told police he worked with multiple female prostitutes.

“Seeing an increase in illegal aliens in every operation continues,” Judd said. “We are seeing more numbers in every operation. And that should give great pause for the people across the United States.”

Last month, in Bay County, Florida, seven illegal aliens were among 19 men arrested for child sex crimes, including one illegal alien who arrived on a B-2 tourist visa but failed to depart in 2021 as part of the terms of the visa.

Another one of the illegal aliens arrived on a J-1 exchange visitor visa but also overstayed after failing to leave the U.S. in 2021.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/09/29/florida-35-illegal-aliens-among-219-arrested-in-human-trafficking-sting/

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Last month, in Bay County, Florida, seven illegal aliens were among 19 men arrested for child sex crimes, including one illegal alien who arrived on a B-2 tourist visa but failed to depart in 2021 as part of the terms of the visa.

Voice to Parliament referendum 'prime target' for foreign interference on Elon Musk's X, former executive warns

Yoel Roth, who led Twitter's moderation and integrity unit, warned the Voice to Parliament was a "prime target" for online disinformation campaigns

X quietly removed the ability of users to report posts for containing electoral misinformation

New research showed the major social media platforms approved dozens of blatantly false paid ads about the Voice

What's next? While X did not respond to the fake paid-ads report, TikTok said it took the claims seriously and would conduct its own inquiries

A former Twitter executive responsible for policing misinformation has warned Elon Musk's takeover has made the social media platform increasingly vulnerable to foreign governments and extremists trying to influence the Voice to Parliament referendum.

Yoel Roth led Twitter's moderation and integrity unit, which monitored and investigated abuse, inappropriate content and misinformation, until he quit shortly after Mr Musk bought the company last October.

He told ABC Investigations the Voice to Parliament vote was a "prime target" for disinformation campaigns and the platform, renamed X in June, was doing almost nothing under Mr Musk's ownership to stop lies spreading among its users.

"Elections, and especially elections that touch on divisive social and cultural issues, are prime targets for organised disinformation campaigns and abuse, both foreign and domestic," Mr Roth said.

"We've seen this playbook deployed by the governments of Russia, Iran, and China, as well as domestic extremist groups around the world. I would expect these threats are present ahead of Australia's referendum this year."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-30/voice-to-parliament-misinformation-elon-musk-x/102912548