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http://abc7news.com/news/teen-human-trafficking-victim-rescued-3-arrested-during-sting/1579812/
TEEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM RESCUED, 3 ARRESTED DURING STING
Saturday, October 29, 2016
VACAVILLE, Calif. -- Police rescued a 17-year-old human trafficking victim and arrested three people during a sting operation last week in Vacaville, police said Thursday.
During the sting, officers working with members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and a social worker were able to locate and rescue the teen victim, according to police.
The victim was taken into protective custody and was provided resources and services, police said.
Officers also arrested Sacramento residents Tesheya Byrd, 22, on suspicion of pandering and conspiracy and Todd Thornton, 23, on suspicion of human trafficking, pimping of a minor and pandering of a minor, police said.
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6222454-181/human-trafficking-arrest-in-rohnert
Human trafficking arrests in Rohnert Park
A man and two women from the East Bay were arrested for suspicion of trafficking minors for sex during a bust outside a Rohnert Park motel early Sunday morning, authorities said.
Two girls, age 13 and 16, also were found at the scene and were removed to safety during the course of the investigation, which began around 2 a.m. in the Budget Inn parking lot, Rohnert Park police said.
The suspects are Joanna McClenahan, 26, of Pittsburg; Marilee Romine, 19, of neighboring Antioch; and Edwin Prasad Jr., 18, of Vallejo, the Rohnert Park Public Safety Department said. All three were being held Sunday at the Sonoma County Jail, with bail of $125,000, and were scheduled to make their initial appearances in court on Tuesday.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...n-Human-Trafficking-Crackdown--391674801.html
More Than 200 Arrested in Human Trafficking Crackdown
The arrests came during a 10-month period in which a task force targeted traffickers and their customers in the San Fernando Valley.
Los Angeles Police Department officials who joined Martinez at a news conference said
11 victims were rescued, including a 14-year-old girl, and more than 200 arrests were made, ....
http://abc7.com/news/5-arrested-in-san-gabriel-based-human-trafficking-ring/1481561/
5 ARRESTED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING RING ACROSS CENTRAL, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Investigators are calling it modern slavery.
A taskforce of local, state and federal agencies assembled by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department uncovered an elaborate network that allegedly delivered millions of dollars in wire transfers to China.
The business was human trafficking. Women from Fresno to San Diego were forced to have sex with 20 to 30 men a day.
http://www.kcra.com/article/9-people-arrested-in-norcal-human-trafficking-operation/6502619
9 people arrested in NorCal human-trafficking operation
Oct 3, 2016