A two-week law enforcement crackdown targeting internet-related crimes against youth in Southern California netted 265 arrests and rescued 27 children who were entangled in exploitative crimes, police said Wednesday.
Dubbed “Operation Spring Cleaning,” the sweep was carried out between April 6 and April 19 by the Los Angeles Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which is led by the Los Angeles Police Department and includes more than 100 law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
“Operation Spring Cleaning was a multi-agency initiative aimed at identifying and arresting child predators who use the internet to exploit children, and rescuing the young victims targeted by these offenders,” according to a statement from the LAPD…