‘Our children in Kern County are safer this week’: Operation nets 21 arrests on suspected human trafficking, child exploitation

Aug. 14—A four-day, "all-hands-on-deck" undercover operation by local, state and federal authorities last week resulted in the arrest of 21 men on suspicion of charges related to human trafficking and child exploitation. During a Monday news conference held in the office of Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer, representatives from the multiagency task force said "Operation Bad Barbie" …