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16 Mar
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Accused Bay Area pimp acquitted of producing child porn video of two minors in his car, convicted of possessing it

  • 03/2022
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July 21, 2021 OAKLAND — A Richmond man was convicted at trial of possessing a video that depicting an underage family member and a t...

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16 Mar
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Hayward man charged with human trafficking after he allegedly broght runaway teen to hotel, where undercover cop was waiting

  • 03/2022
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
December 23, 2021 OAKLAND — A Hayward resident was charged this week with human trafficking and other felonies after he allegedly sh...

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16 Mar
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R. Kelly sex trafficking trial: Singer’s fate now in jury’s hands

  • 03/2022
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September 24, 2021 NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s fate is now in a jury’s hands after weeks of lurid testimony in his sexual misconduct trial...

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16 Mar
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Runaway teen was human trafficking victim in Oakland, authorities say

  • 03/2022
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October 1, 2021 OAKLAND — A 30-year-old Stockton man has been charged with trafficking a teen girl who ran away from home, after she...

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16 Mar
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East Bay man charged with human trafficking, raping woman

  • 03/2022
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October 11, 2021 FREMONT — A San Leandro man has been charged with trafficking a woman across California and raping her at knife poi...

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16 Mar
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East Bay sex traffickers allegedly negotiated $55,000 fee with accused pedophile for a 10-year-old girl

  • 03/2022
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
October 13, 2021 MARTINEZ — In August 2019, authorities say an Oakland oral surgeon named Cassidy Lavorini-Doyle approached a Concor...

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16 Mar
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Oakland oral surgeon gets 16 years in prison for child sex crimes

  • 03/2022
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October 27, 2021 OAKLAND — An Oakland oral surgeon who admitted to trying to take two young children from their mother and allocatin...

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16 Mar
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Berkeley property owner who pled guilty to sex trafficking dies at 84

  • 03/2022
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November 13, 2021 OAKLAND — Lakireddy Bali Reddy, a powerful East Bay real estate tycoon who was convicted of sex trafficking and re...

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16 Mar
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After kidnapping in Honduras, teen ended up in San Leandro backyard shed, police say

  • 03/2022
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November 17, 2021 A teen girl was allegedly kidnapped from Honduras and kept in a shed in San Leandro for months. Two charged with h...

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16 Mar
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Reported assault at Oakland hotel leads to human trafficking charges against four; police allege teen was kept in hotel room against her will

  • 03/2022
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December 21, 2021 OAKLAND — A report of an early-morning assault against a teenage girl has led to serious felony charges against fi...

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“We were hostages in our own house. Pimps were waiting for us outside. Police could not help. Special Operations sent in a car and moved us to a nice, safe place.”
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“Special Operations helped me get my stolen car back and file a restraining order against the trafficker. I was too scared to call the police because I was afraid I’d be arrested for prostitution or lose my job if anyone found out.”
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