Five arrested in human trafficking enforcement operation in Columbia

ARRESTED–A human trafficking enforcement in the Columbia area resulted in the arrests of five men from St. Louis. Arrested were: on top: Deepak Chiluveru, Tuan M. Huynh and Leslie M. Johnson; on bottom: Kawa M. Shaker and Roberto Rodriguez-Cordero.

On Friday last week, the Illinois State Police announced that the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau conducted a two day human trafficking enforcement operation in the Columbia area of Monroe County on July 31- Aug. 1.

The operation focused on identifying individuals seeking to engage in commercial sex acts, and resulted in the arrest of five individuals all from St. Louis, Missouri.

For more on these arrests, please see this week’s print edition.