FBI Raid Nets 3 Maryland Pimps, Local Leads

Three men the FBI is calling "pimps" are under arrest in Maryland as part of an anti-sex trafficking sting.

While no juveniles were recovered from D.C., Maryland or Virginia during Operation Cross Country, one agency says juvenile prostitution is a problem in the Washington area.

"It is absolutely happening here," says Staca Shehan, the director of case analysis division for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

"One of the cities involved in Operation Cross Country is Washington, D.C. and the Northern Virginia area. That doesn't mean there was a bigger problem here than elsewhere, but it means the problem exists here," she says.
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