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>> today the task force has invited us to ride along for a firsthand look at their efforts to combat the illicit sex trade in the motor city. >> our objective overall obviously is recover as many juveniles as possible. second unto that is build cases. >> investigators begin the operation by browsing the online ads for adult services in metro detroit. they are hunting specifically for postings like this one for lil barbie, a very young-looking woman who appears likely to be underage. >> who's calling lil barbie? you? >> initial calls to set up a date with lil barbie go unanswered, but detective...

Number of illegal massage establishments in san francisco. >> come out here, please. thank you. we issued about 500 citations. >> can i see your i.d.'s? >> fines to the tune of, $500,000, and we closed about 40 to 50 establishments. today we are going to be going out for a joint inspection. >> today, the health department is backed up by inspectors from the fire department, building and code enforcement, as well as the city attorney. they are working together to help build cases against human traffickers and establishments running illegal prostitution parlors. >> that girl that was there, that...

>> today, the health department is backed up by inspectors from the fire department, building and code enforcement, as well as the city attorney. they are working together to help build cases against human traffickers and establishments running illegal prostitution parlors. >> that girl that was there, that was the one that solicited a police officer? >> in fact, the task force has been so successful that many of the downtown operators have scattered, choosing instead to hide behind phony fronts inside the city's quiet residential neighborhoods. >> what we do with this one, if we go late enoug...

For cash. >> we actually have a number of partners that are in the task force. >> special agent michael glennon heads up the fbi's human trafficking task force in michigan. >> why the need for a task force when it comes to this issue of human trafficking, sex trafficking? >> in detroit a lot of people don't realize that we're kind of a hub of both recruitment as well as a destination city and recruitment city. that as well as the end of the i-74 corridor, there's a lot of truck traffic and a lot of components that make it a very popular area for trafficking unfortunately. >> today the task for...

Been feeding authorities realtime intel about a drug ring on chicago's west side. he's on the block while undercover officers make buys from two of their targets. >> this could go on two or three months, build cases on these guys. eventually shut down the whole block. >> it's part of a sheriff police operation called "game over." >> today was huge. we know we can get buys out of there easily. we'll get the guys we need to be transactional and on tape, and then the whole thing will come down. >> he was out there. >> yeah. >> he? >> investigators find their informant roosevelt already