Nine men were arrested in a prostitution sting at a hotel near the South Bay Center shopping mall.

Eight of the nine men arrested were charged with “sex for fee,” while another man, identified by police as Sah Kumar Raj, 33, of Boston, was charged with “enticement of a minor.”

Those charged with sex for a fee are: Mohamed Djadoune, 30, Boston; Jason Vinci, 39, Medford; Jose Luis Pinedu Colocho, 47, Dorchester; Pradeep Mishra, 36, Shrewsbury; Frederick Williams, 68, Boston; Konstantinos Mamanidis, 62, Dedham; Roberta Pena 27, Boston; and Juan Jose Galdamez Surio, 24, Shrewsbury. Surio is also charged with shoplifting and trespassing.

Police conducted the sting on Thursday. Officers associated with the Boston Police Department’s human trafficking unit and internet crimes against children unit were involved, according to a police statement. The BPD officers were assisted by Massachusetts State Police units, including the Special Services Section — High Risk Victims Squad, and the FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.

“Undercover Boston Police Officers were utilized to help identify exploiters, traffickers, and sex buyers,” according to the police statement. “Their efforts were to help curb the exploitation within this particular area.”

This is a developing story.