YOUNGSTOWN The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force arrested five people, including a man facing a federal charge, as part of a statewide operation targeting human trafficking and the solicitation of sex.

The arrests were made during “Operation Next Door,” a crackdown led by the Ohio Attorney General’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) human trafficking task forces last week. The operation involved over 100 law enforcement agencies across Ohio and resulted in the arrest of 135 people statewide.

Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene said the operation highlighted the work necessary to combat human trafficking.

“The ugly fact is that human trafficking occurs in every county and every neighborhood across the state,” Greene said. “The Mahoning Valley Human Traf

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