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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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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
  • By author-avatar racheljergensen
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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08 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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“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.”
Victim and her mother
“She was so scared her pimp was going to find and kill her. Special Operations let us know he was already serving 30 years in jail. Knowing this information saved her life.”
Victim’s friend
“Special Operations offered to buy her clothes and other necessities to help her transition to a safe home.”
Executive Director of a local safe home
“The girls are often too trusting, believing the man is their boyfriend, and even the most engaged parents may not realize what is going on until after tragedy strikes.”
Victim Advocate
“THERE ARE NO WORDS. I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR FINDING MY DAUGHTER.”
MOTHER OF A MISSING 15-YEAR OLD
“Just knowing that folks cared enough to hire private investigators to find our daughter kept us going…no parent should have to go through this…”
JENNY’S MOTHER
“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.”
Sex-trafficking survivor
"There is NO WAY she'd be safe right now if it were not for Special Operations."
Law Enforcement individual
"Thank God for Special Operations!! Jasmine would never have been saved without them!”
Jasmine’s mother
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