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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Columbus, OH) According to a news release on Monday from the Ohio Attorney General’s office, “Operation Next Door,” which was a statewide sex trafficking sting, led to 135 arrests in Ohio. Authorities confirmed that felony charges were what thirty-two people got arrested for and charges with engaging in prostitution or solicitation were what the other 103 got arrested for after search warrants were served on nine massage parlors in Ohio. The news release from the Ohio Attorney General’s office on Monday also stated that sex, even including from minors, was trying to be bought by the suspects that were arrested, and sixty-seven potential survivors of human trafficking were referred to organizations of both health care and social services. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office also noted that among those that were arrested were two teachers and a priest who was seventy-six-years-old. “Operation Next Door” was started last week by over 100 agencies of law enforcement.