The Alexandria Police Department is assisting the FBI with Operation Cross Country trying
to locate and assist juveniles who are being used as prostitutes. Runaway juveniles are
particularly vulnerable to being led into prostitution because they’ve run away from
possibly a bad family situation and then get pulled into drugs or a gang lifestyle that
leads into prostitution.
They will be interviewed by a detective that's familiar with those types of cases to see
exactly what brought them into that situation and how we can help.