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On Thursday, June 19, the Sarasota Police Department arrested three people and seized two vehicles in conjunction with a national initiative called Operation Cross Country, the department has reported. The department's Street Crimes Unit, in col- laboration with the FBI, was focused on prostitution on North Tamiami Trail, human trafficking and adults using the Internet to attempt to lure children into sexual activity, a news release explains. "During the operation, 168 juveniles were recovered nationwide," the release adds. Operation Cross Country was part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, established in 2003 by the FBI's Criminal Investigations Division, the release continues. This year, Operation Cross Country initiatives were con- ducted in 54 FBI field offices and 106 cities, it notes. POLICE MAKE THREE ARRESTS IN OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY Jessel Rajesh Patel/Contributed photo Jessica Fisher/Contributed photo Whisper Morton/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader June 27, 2014 Page 82