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today on the streets of cities big and small all across america, the fbi estimates that one in five of those picked up for prostitution is an underage child. most people when they hear human trafficking, they think of it as purely an international issue. you know, that doesn t happen here. illinois state s attorney anita alvarez is lead prosecutor for the cook county human trafficking task force. and i think the public, we need to be more aware of yes, it does happen here, it is happening in our own back yard. increasingly, the business of sex for sale is moving off street corners like the track in oakland and onto the internet. who s going on little barbie? you? with profits in the millions alvarez says selling juveniles
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.
continuing patronage drives the underground sex trade. the male johns, the customers. we re going after the johns. a lot of times in these operations you see we re going after females. females are a major part of the problem, but they re also victims. if we can attack this, if we can address this situation by going after the customers, well, then i think it s our duty to try and address this big problem on all sides of the coin. undercover officers will be wendy. everybody take a look. and felicia. two veteran female officers prepare to go undercover as street walkers. you want it through your bra or okay. stick it underneath the straps. you should be fine. they are wired for sound yeah, that s working. and must also brace themselves for the very real danger that comes from playing prostitutes out on the track. i ve been doing undercover work for about six years and had some interesting experiences. i ve been hit. i ve been spit on.
she s getting in. mark, he s going to go eastbound. the track s an area known for prostitutes to ply their trade. customers know to go there to get certain types of girls. female, black, long braids. i ve seen them as young as 12 years old. all right. let s get it going, sammy. sergeant roland holmgren commands a tactical unit recently charged with cleaning up the track. imagine if it was somebody who you cared about, who was forced into that type of lifestyle. and then imagine if that was your neighborhood. imagine all the deterioration that that type of element brings from this type of activity in this specific community. it completely deteriorates it and brings it down. as many of you know, we ve been battling prostitution in oakland for a while. today the task force is hitting the track, conducting an undercover sting operation in the hopes of rescuing juveniles