A man faces prostitution charges after he was arrested during a sting led by the Attorney General’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force that resulted in the recovery of three victims and one child.
Veto Jemal Young, 32, is charged with felony promoting prostitution, which includes knowingly or intentionally enticing or compelling another to become a prostitute, according to booking information at Oktibbeha County Jail.
MaryAsa Lee, communications director for the attorney general’s office, confirmed Young was the only suspect booked on the day of the operation.
Young’s bond is set at $100,000.
The arrest came during Operation Stark Reality, conducted June 25 by the task force and several of its law enforcement partners, including Starkville Police Department, Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi State University Police Department, Webster County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI and Alcoholic Beverage Control, according to a press release from the attorney general’s office.
Additionally, Transformation Garden, a Tupelo-based residential recovery facility for trafficking survivors, and the Mississippi Coalition Against Human Trafficking provided services and treatment to victims recovered during the operation.
Operation Stark Reality is the 65th multi-jurisdictional operation led by the task force. Those operations have resulted in 205 arrests and 394 victims recovered, the press release said.
McRae is a general assignment and education reporter for The Dispatch.
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