operations. what s your date of birth? they re hunting primarily for juveniles and the pimps that employ them. one girl has caught the team s attention. she goes by the name of lil barbie and appears to be quite young. initial attempts to lure barbie to a hotel sting failed because the young woman was reluctant to travel. yeah. she sounds young. now the task force will attempt to bring the sting right to her front door. where did you say again? shortly after 3:00 p.m., the undercover gets the call back the whole team has been waiting for. thought we were doing a half hour for 150. it s lil barbie. she s holed up in a nearby hotel and open for business. should be there about 15. okay. uc is heading out. three arrest teams race to keep up with the undercover
oaktown has become a hot spot for a different sort of trade. human trafficking. arrest teams. two girls westbound. oakland, california has unfortunately been identified by the fbi as a hub for human trafficking and specifically the sexual exploitation of children. sergeant holly joshi is part of the oakland police department s human trafficking task force. the fact that we ve been identified by the fbi as a hub is very disturbing to all of us in this city. and even though we do have budget challenges, we have made it a priority to, you know, get out there and run these operations on a weekly basis. we just kind of combine resources to get by. sergeant jim saleda is a veteran cop with some 20 years working the streets of oakland. every major city has a place where the girls can be found. in oakland many of the girls can be found here, on a desperate two-mile stretch of international boulevard known simply as the track. she s getting in.
the back door, because out front is our next visitor. he is walking up the driveway. go to position two. open the door. hello? what s up? when more than one suspect shows up at a time, it poses a challenge for the long beach police. we really had to keep close communication with the arrest teams so they knew what was going on. one of the problems was that they would come out of their hiding spot too early. the next predator coming up might have seen them and been scared away. for instance, when 26-year-old joshua larios walks in the front door, the police pulled our earlier visitor in the backyard, before taking him in for processing. how was your drive? larios chatted online using the screen name downtown san diego to a decoy who said she is a 13-year-old girl. larios sends the girl pictures of his penis. then he writes, would you like to see in person? later he writes, if you visit me, would you do anything i ask sexually? yeah, i guess. larios asks the girl to
oaktown has become a hot spot for a different sort of trade. human trafficking. arrest teams. two girls westbound. oakland, california has unfortunately been identified by the fbi as a hub for human trafficking and specifically the sexual exploitation of children. sergeant holly joshi is part of the oakland police department s human trafficking task force. the fact that we ve been identified by the fbi as a hub is very disturbing to all of us in this city. and even though we do have budget challenges, we have made it a priority to, you know, get out there and run these operations on a weekly basis. we just kind of combine resources to get by. sergeant jim saleda is a veteran cop with some 20 years working the streets of oakland. every major city has a place where the girls can be found. in oakland many of the girls can be found here, on a desperate two-mile stretch of international boulevard known simply as the track.
operations. what s your date of birth? they re hunting primarily for juveniles and the pimps that employ them. one girl has caught the team s attention. she goes by the name of lil barbie and appears to be quite young. is barbie around? initial attempts to lure barbie to a hotel sting failed, because the young woman was reluctant to travel. yeah. she sounds young. now the task force will attempt to bring the sting right to her front door. where did you say again? shortly after 3:00 p.m., the undercover gets the call back the whole team has been waiting for. thought we were doing a half hour for 150. it s lil barbie. she s holed up in a nearby hotel and open for business. should be there about 15. okay. uc is heading out. three arrest teams race to keep up with the undercover officer, michigan state trooper sanchez.