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A former Vision Vancouver school board trustee and a former Little Flower Academy teacher are among 47 people arrested in a Vancouver police sting targeting men willing to pay for sex with teenage girls.

Vancouver police announced Wednesday that seven of the men had been charged so far following the two-month covert investigation last year, known as Project Serrated and Project Steadfast.

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“The goal of this operation was to combat the exploitation of the most vulnerable segment of our society: our youth,” said Deputy Chief Const. Laurence Rankin told a news conference on Wednesday.

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Former Vision Vancouver school trustee Ken Clement, who resigned in summer 2018 for what he said were health reasons, is among the seven charged. His trial is set to begin Oct. 29, 2019. Court records allege the offence took place in June 2018.

Nikolaos Dais, a former teacher and coach at the all-girls Catholic private school Little Flower Academy, has also been identified as among those charged. A school official said Dais retired, but would not say when.