Crime & Safety
Police Bust Alleged Human Trafficking Operation
At least one juvenile female was involved in the operation, according to police.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA - Police have broken up an alleged human trafficking and prostitution operation being run out of a Cranberry hotel.
WPXI-TV reported that a juvenile female arrested in a Pittsburgh prostitution sting told police she was under the control of Oscar Carter. The FBI’s human trafficking task force alerted township police, who arrested Carter in the hotel suite for which the girl had a key card.
Carter is charged with trafficking individuals and harboring a minor who was being subjected to sexual servitude, WPXI reported. The criminal complaint did not indicate whether additional females were involved in the operation.
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