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Six individuals were arrested and charged during the state’s Operation Keiki Shield 10 enforcement effort that was conducted between Friday and Sunday, Dec. 3-5, 2021 on Maui. All six are accused of first degree Electronic Enticement of a Child.

Over a two-and-a-half-day operation this week, Maui police arrested thirteen men suspected of soliciting prostitution. 

A bill was introduced at the state legislature that if passed, would repeal penalties for consensual adult prostitution and promotion of prostitution in Hawaiʻi