Tennessee: 17 Charged After Sex Trafficking Operation in Nashville

An undercover sex trafficking operation in Nashville, Tennessee, has seen arrests and charges for 17 men. According to a release from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD), the two-day undercover operation June 24 to 25 found that 17 men had allegedly agreed to pay for sex with an undercover officer who posed as a 16-year-old girl. The operation was conducted by MNPD human trafficking detectives with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations. The men allegedly knowingly arrived at a hotel in response to an internet advertisement, in the area of Donelson Pike and Royal Parkway in Nashville. They allegedly…