Police in Boston have arrested more than a dozen people in connection with a human trafficking bust near the city’s trouble-plagued Mass and Cass corridor.
The Boston Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit, with the help of the Massachusetts State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, carried out a proactive enforcement operation in Roxbury on Monday with a focus on the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, authorities said.
“The operation targeted individuals engaged in criminal activity in the New Market Square area, with the goal of reducing sexual exploitation, disrupting the recruitment of victims, and addressing related criminal offenses,” Boston police noted in a news release. “Additional objectives included reducing property crime and mitigating blight-related concerns.”…