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State says 87 arrested in sweep of online child sex predators

July 7, 2016 By Andrew Beckett

doj-sealThe Wisconsin Department of Justice says 87 people were arrested, as part of a larger national sweep targeting online child sexual predators.

The campaign, called “Operation Broken Heart,” was part of an effort to identify and arrest individuals for offenses that include child pornography, enticing children online for sexual purposes, and child prostitution. More than 40 federal and local law enforcement agencies joined the state in a one week campaign between April and May, which was part of a larger national effort that resulted in more than 1,300 arrests.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says Wisconsin’s task force on Internet Crimes Against Children took the lead in the state’s part of the national sweep.

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