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Sex Trafficking in Washington, D.C. (2008)

A sex trafficking case from 2008 in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

A couple, Franklin Macedo and Yaneth Martinez, were arrested for human trafficking and prostituting women from Mexico and Honduras. To get clients, the couple handed out business cards in the Hispanic neighborhood that said “hair cuts for men only”, or “flowers home delivery”. These cards were code language for prostitution.

Response and intervention

The couple was arrested at their house in Petworth, D.C. There they found a 24 year old women who gave earnings to the couple Martinez accidentally handed a card to a federal agent, who then arrested both traffickers.

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