Undercover operations to arrest traffickers and rescue survivors are always complex and delicate. Operators and investigators must make sure they are in the right place at the right time. - For Operación Catleya, O.U.R. Operators did just that. - Early in the morning on August 4, two undercover O.U.R. Operators sat in a parking lot. There was another man in the parking lot, who one of the operators immediately recognized. - “That’s our guy.” - The man was one of the several suspects who were to be served arrest warrants in the operation that Dominican law enforcement and O.U.R. had been preparing since January. - The undercover operators caught the suspect’s eye. Seeing that they appeared to be foreigners, the suspect saw an opportunity for business. He offered to provide over a hundred girls for sexual exploitation to the operators, who were posing as tourists potentially interested in a sex party. - With this evidence, Dominican prosecutors gave the green light for Dominican police to begin moving in on all the suspected traffickers across the alleged trafficking network. - Multiple search warrants, arrests, and rescues had to be carried out almost simultaneously so the traffickers would not have an opportunity to escape. One wrong move, and the operation would crumble. - This was an enormous operation for the Dominican government, as they brought in several of their law enforcement and security agencies, and the assistance of at least three non-governmental organizations. We salute all who had any role in this groundbreaking investigation and operation. - Keep following along to see how this landmark operation unfolded.