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DANIA BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies said they conducted a human trafficking sting that netted seven suspects seeking to sexually abuse teenagers.<\/p>\n

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Six of them were from Broward County and the seventh was from neighboring Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n

According to arrest reports, detectives used various websites and apps in which they posed as teenage boys or girls, or, on one website, an \u201colder cousin\u201d pimping a 15-year-old girl.<\/p>\n

The men they chatted with were directed to go to a hotel in Dania Beach, the reports state.<\/p>\n

Fifty-year-old Ryan Thorpe Walker, whose address is listed as a post office and distribution facility in Oakland Park, is accused of trying meet a teenage boy, while Marco Ramirez Linares, 22, of Hollywood, is accused of offering $100 for sex with a teenage girl.<\/p>\n

Some of the suspects lied about their ages, detectives said. <\/p>\n

Deputies said Zubaer Ashar, 27, of Greenacres, said he was 17 and asked the purported \u201ccousin\u201d whether a 15-year-old girl he was offering $150 for sex with was \u201con birth control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyle Andrew Rosenthal, 32, of Coral Springs, said he was 30 when attempting to meet up with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to BSO.<\/p>\n

At least two of the suspects acknowledged what they were doing could land them in jail, arrest reports state.<\/p>\n

Deputies said when Grant Ryan Werner, 25, of Dania Beach, found out he was chatting with who he thought was a 15-year-old boy, he said, \u201cIdkkk lol I\u2019m low key ok with it but I don\u2019t want to get in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Authorities said Werner also told the purported teen, before the planned meetup, \u201cyea haha I can Basically be charged as a pedofile (sic) lol.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputies said Luis Chifundo Ortiz, 23, of Pembroke Pines, told who he thought was a 15-year-old boy, \u201cRemember that you\u2019re not legal\u201d and, \u201cYou\u2019re not 18+, so I have to be aware of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

A BSO news release states that the men arrested all face various charges, including \u201chuman trafficking of a minor, traveling to meet a minor, solicitation of a minor, possession of MDMA and violation of probation.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to BSO, deputies additionally said that during their operation, \u201cten victims were rescued and connected to critical resources such as shelter, medical care and counseling to help them rebuild their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdditionally, one of the victims was identified as a teenage runaway from out of town,\u201d the BSO news release states. \u201cShe was reunited with her family and offered extensive support services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similar stings also recently took place in Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n

Officials in both counties have tied the stings to the FIFA World Cup. Local 10 News asked BSO about why the agency is increasing enforcement of this operation around the World Cup?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAny major event will draw in more crowds more visitors to our community and so that is the reason why law enforcement will proactively perform and conduct these investigations,\u201d BSO spokesperson Miranda Grossman said.<\/p>\n

There has been no direct connection, however, between the World Cup and any arrests.<\/p>\n

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