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CSEC in Washington, D.C. (2011)

A CSEC case from 2011 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

Gary Gates and Tamisha Hayward operated an online escort/prostitution business. Clients contacted a telephone number posted on the web to set up dates. Hayward reserved hotel rooms for the girls using Priceline.com. Gates and Hayward were indicted on 13 counts of sex trafficking of children; 11 counts coercion and enticement; 5 counts of transportation of minors; and two counts of transportation for illegal sexual activity. Hayward was also charged with one count of conspiracy. Gates was sentenced to over 14 years and Hayward to over 8 years.

Response and intervention

investigation led to arrest of Gates and Hayward, and rescue of victims. case was investigated by the FBI’s Innocence Lost initiative with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. none posted

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Gary Gates and Tamisha Heyward operated a sex trafficking ring from their home on the internet. Victims, as young at 14, were forced to perform sex acts. Gates beat women who did not do as he told them, and sexually assaulted many of them. Gates also provided drugs to many of the victims. The victims were kept in their home at 16th St. NE.

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CSEC2011

Washington, D.C., United States, 2011

United States US

case was investigated by the FBI’s Innocence Lost initiative with the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation-Obscenity Section and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Agents in Washington, D.C., helped in the recovery of a juvenile victim.

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