Commercial Sex Trafficking Operation

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Incident:   Commercial Sex Trafficking and Sexual Servitude Operation
Date:    September 07, 2016
Location:   Dunwoody, Georgia 

In an ongoing effort to address Commercial Sex Trafficking and the Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) within the city limits of Dunwoody, the Dunwoody Police Department recently conducted an undercover operation. The goal of the operation was to rescue any victims of commercial sex trafficking and reduce crime as it relates to prostitution.

On August 25, 2016, the Dunwoody Police Department worked in conjunction with the FBI Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation (MATCH) Task Force and the DeKalb Anti-Trafficking and Exploitation (DATE Watch) Task Force to conduct an undercover commercial sex trafficking operation at a cooperating hotel within the city limits of Dunwoody.  During this operation, three subjects were arrested for Pimping and twelve subjects were arrested for Prostitution, including one adult identified as a victim of sex trafficking. This operation would not have been possible without the close working relationship the Dunwoody Police Department has with the business and hotel community.

“The goal of operations such as these is to first and foremost rescue any children or young adults who are victims of sex trafficking.  We also want to remove those profiting from commercial sex trafficking by putting them in jail,” said Chief Billy Grogan.  

If you suspect that someone is being forced into sexual servitude or participating in prostitution activities in Dunwoody please contact us at 678.382.6908 or ANONYMOUS TIPS may be submitted via the SUBMIT A CRIME TIP tab at www.dunwoodypolice.com, via the website www.crimestoppersatlanta.org, or by texting C-R-I-M-E-S (274-637). Use the key word DPDTIPS at the start of your message.  Each of these methods is confidential, encrypted, and completely anonymous.

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