Seven men, including a registered sex offender, are facing human trafficking and other charges after they were ensnared in an undercover operation where authorities posed as a 14-year-old girl who sought to perform sex acts for money.

The defendants were arrested last Thursday and Friday in Dothan as part of Operation: Back to School, a law enforcement operation that targets child predators, authorities told WDHN.

Undercover officers posed as a 14-year-old girl online and posted an ad seeking money in exchange for sexual services.

“It’s quite evident by these seven arrests that these individuals [knew] that they or thought they were meeting a 14-year-old for illegal sex [acts and] chose to do so,” said Maj. Bill Rafferty with the Houston County Sherrif’s Office, according to WDHN.

The men arrested are:

• Jakhari Martin, 28 of Dothan
• Jazzmund Cunningham, 26 of Slocomb
• Wilmer Ponce-Gomez, 26 of Ozark
• Brandon Mitchell, 38 of Arlington, Georgia; a registered sex offender
• Vidal Guice, 28 of Troy
• Pierre Dyck, 41 of Dothan
• Jameson Lopez-Chanchavac, 21 of Thomasville, Georgia

The defendants were charged with first-degree human trafficking, electronic solicitation of a child by a computer device and traveling to meet a child for sex.