Sting operation

In law enforcement, a sting operation is a deceptive operation designed to catch a person committing a crime. A typical sting will have a law-enforcement officer or cooperative member of the public play a role as criminal partner or potential victim and go along with a suspect's actions to gather evidence of the suspect's wrongdoing.

Sting operations are common in many countries including the United States, but not allowed in other countries such as Sweden.

Examples

  • Deploying a bait car (also called a honey trap) to catch a car thief
  • Setting up a seemingly vulnerable honeypot computer to lure and gain information about hackers
  • Arranging someone under the legal drinking age to ask an adult to buy an alcoholic beverage or tobacco products for them
  • Posing as someone who is seeking illegal drugs, contraband or child pornography to catch a supplier; or as a supplier to catch a customer
  • Passing off explosives, fake or real, to a would-be terror bomber
  • Posing as a child in a chat room to identify a potential child molester
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