ATLANTA - Eighty-two people, including 31 in Georgia, have been arrested in a multistate child exploitation operation. Seventeen children were also rescued or identified as victims.
The sting, dubbed Operation Southern Impact III, spanned four months and eight southern states from Florida to West Virginia. The men and women arrested were either in posession of child pornography or attempting to have sex with a child.
Channel 2's Rikki Klaus is working to learn more about people arrested in Georgia.
The operation focused on people who possess and distribute child pornography and those who are sexually exploiting children in other ways using technology and the internet.
In Georgia, most arrests were of people involved in the possession or distribution of child pornography – some involving infants and toddlers. Seven people were arrested for planning to meet and have sex with a minor. Four registered sex offenders were among those arrested.
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