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And when someones life is 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 s...

Unfairly targeted. >> they do. okay. whats your pimps name? see thats why they dont get arrested because all of a sudden the girls get real stupid. >> after arresting this 17-year-old who offered an undercover officer intercourse for $60 hoffman tried to urge the teen to let her get her treatment. >> im going to call in an advocate. do you know what an advocate is? she has a program that will help you with school or, you know, just talk you to about your family life or lack of family life or -- ...

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 difficult for officers to follow the action. the...

>> 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 ads for her pimp while the other minors walk for cash. >> were they supposed to work tonight? >> thou...

Knows how much money shes making. >> girls who are caught in sting operations often feel they are unfairly targeted. >> they do. okay. whats your pimps name? see thats why they dont get arrested because all of a sudden the girls get real stupid. >> after arresting this 17-year-old who offered an undercover officer intercourse for $60 hoffman tried to urge the teen to let her get her treatment. >> im going to call in an advocate. do you know what an advocate is? she has a program that will help y...

>> on the site, users can buy an ipod, hire a nanny or buy sex using the erotic services section with tens of thousands of new postings every day. >> these are advertisements for prostitution placed by pimps and craigslist is assisting or actually functioning as an online pimp. >> these are advertisements for prostitution placed by pimps and >> using code words like roses or diamonds, photos show men just what theyre buying for their time.

>> we dont want to do this. we are made to do this. we are forced to do this. and when someones life is 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 ...

Off every hour of the day to him or there are consequences. >> like most enslaved young girls, britney gave all the cash to her pimp. >> i would make about over $4,000 to $6,000 a day. >> after two years of brutality, britney says she summoned up the courage to run after she found herself on an out call trapped in an apartment with a sociopath who planned to kill her. >> i remember i walked into his house and right off the bat i knew something was funny because he had, like, ten locks, bolt lock...

>> theyre walking away. >> theyre scared right now. >> 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 whe...

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 me out of the car on ...