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Threatened and constantly every day saying, if you dont get on the track im going to kill you. im going to stab you. i have my boys watching you. you cant do anything. youre scared. >> the odds of pulling a girl off the street are small but hoffman and the men of the oakland task force are undaunted. saleda says its a race against the clock. the earlier they can pull a girl off the street the more likely it is that she wont fall prey again to the anxious men who only see children in terms of dol...

>> using code words like roses or diamonds, photos show men just what theyre buying for their time. >> with help from a federal human trafficking grant the oakland pd along with the fbi regularly conducts sting operations. >> oakland police. open the door so we dont have to use the key. >> on this night after officers spotted a pimp with two suspected minors, they entered his hotel room and find a pregnant teen selling herself. during questioning, the pregnant teen admits to posting craigslist a...

Exploited women is an unspeakable crime. >> who decides whos a good girl or who the bad girl is? who decides that? these are children. these are children. and they deserve protection. we are letting them be brutalized. >> these are advertisements for prostitution and craigslist is functioning as an on line pimp.

>> it was the worst. he beat me almost every day. i remember one incident i was driving in a car with him. i was going to an out call. when youre in a car with a pimp youre not supposed to look to your right. youre not supposed to look to your left. youre just supposed to look straight forward and i remember i looked to the right and all of a sudden his fist was in my face and we were going back and forth on the freeway and he was trying to choke me. and i thought i was going to die. he dragged ...

>> for now the task force must move on. there are plenty of players to round up. >> shes standing on the south corner right now. try and set up on her. >> including this woman and her pimp. >> i think her pimp is right behind me parked in the buick. hes honking at her and calling on her cell phone right now. >> all right. go ahead and take him. >> as the arrests mount word of the police presence begins to spread quickly on the street. thats when officers witness the three girls they believe to b...

We got a walkup. >> the john leaves thinking hes about to meet the girl around the corner. instead, he finds uniformed officers. >> hes not happy. >> its still viewed as a minor crime but if it wasnt for guys like this, coming to victimize these little girls, you know, and making money for the pimps, these girls -- the girls wouldnt be getting victimized. >> as the operation draws into nightfall, johns and pimps looking to recruit the decoys circle in greater and greater numbers and it gets more...