Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 0:28:11 GMT -6
A.G. investigators go undercover during Sundance Film Festival
PARK CITY — Undercover cops attended movies and mingled with crowds at parties and red carpet events at the Sundance Film Festival that ended Sunday.
Plain-clothes and uniformed officers from a half-dozen agencies and the FBI worked the annual festival that draws thousands of visitors from around the world to the mountain resort town.
But this was the first year investigators from the Utah Attorney General's Office roamed Park City looking for signs of human trafficking. They didn't find anything but say they learned they might not be looking in the right places.
"When it comes to the human trafficking element, we gained a lot of intelligence this year. We're going to build a better game plan for next year. We do know there are some signs of human trafficking during Sundance," said Nate Mutter, section chief for the attorney general's public corruption unit.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865646637/AG-investigators-go-undercover-during-Sundance-Film-Festival.html
PARK CITY — Undercover cops attended movies and mingled with crowds at parties and red carpet events at the Sundance Film Festival that ended Sunday.
Plain-clothes and uniformed officers from a half-dozen agencies and the FBI worked the annual festival that draws thousands of visitors from around the world to the mountain resort town.
But this was the first year investigators from the Utah Attorney General's Office roamed Park City looking for signs of human trafficking. They didn't find anything but say they learned they might not be looking in the right places.
"When it comes to the human trafficking element, we gained a lot of intelligence this year. We're going to build a better game plan for next year. We do know there are some signs of human trafficking during Sundance," said Nate Mutter, section chief for the attorney general's public corruption unit.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865646637/AG-investigators-go-undercover-during-Sundance-Film-Festival.html