Project Return saw police join forces with community outreach workers to sweep the city looking for 26 missing at-risk youth last Friday.

A dozen men – between the ages of 19 and 52 – were arrested for obtaining sexual services for consideration, and 12 vehicles were seized for prostitution offences.

A police crackdown on sexual exploitation of young people had big results over the weekend, with a number of missing at-risk youths safely located and arrests of adult men for obtaining sexual services and prostitution-related offences.

A collaborative effort involving Winnipeg outreach and police, dubbed 'Project Return' saw eight at-risk youth taken off city streets June 15.

A weekend crackdown on sexual exploitation by Winnipeg police led to multiple arrests of men trying to buy sex.