Nearly 500 arrested, 50 victims rescued in California human trafficking raids
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[quote]Almost 500 people were arrested in a crackdown on human trafficking in California, police said on Wednesday, in raids that also led to the rescue of more than 50 victims, including children.
Police said they had rescued 28 children, some of whom had been reported missing, and also 27 adults who had been coerced into prostitution.
"We let everybody know throughout the state that ... we're going to aggressively go after the pimps and the exploiters, as well as the johns and especially the johns that think that they can prey on the minors," said Kent Wegener, a lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Police arrested 474 people and freed victims in and around cities from Los Angeles to San Diego and Santa Barbara in state-wide raids over three days in late January, Wegener said.
Charges against those arrested include pimping, solicitation of prostitution and human trafficking, said the San Diego Country District Attorney's office in a statement.
The crackdown was carried out to coincide with the end of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January, which former President Barack Obama proclaimed in 2014.
More cases of human trafficking were reported in California than in any other U.S. state last year, according to data from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center's hotline.
Some 5,500 cases of sex trafficking were reported to the center's hotline nationwide last year, according to its website.[/quote]
[url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trafficking-arrests-idUSKBN15G5J6[/url]
Fuck human trafficking. One of the world's biggest illegal industries and human rights violations and people barely know about it.
good, lock that scum away
It's terrifying to know that this kind of shit still happens right in our country.
Give the traffickers and abusers nothing short of life.
hope the victims are treated well, it's really easy to imagine them being tried for illegal immigration :v:
holy shit 500 people
execute them
need to ya know, deal with the rest of the trafficing in california, but it's a start.
500 people, but only 50 victims.
Seems like they've got a lot more work to do. Hopefully those captured can lead them down a better path.
Fuck Human Traffickers.
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