Seventeen poeple are behind bars after deputies say they were arrested in a Manatee County human trafficking operation. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Monday that over the last several months – along with the help of Crimes Against Children and the Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force – executed an operation called "Operation Refuge" focused on arresting people who knowingly participated in human trafficking. ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay