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On the way to work kind of thing. so it spreads, you know, word of mouth. >> five nights a week as the light of day fades debbie hoffman of oakland pd's see care unit heads out to the track on a mission to seek and find the forgotten girls who sacrifice their health and welfare to pleasure johns for the brutal men who control them. >> hey, honey. can i talk to you for a second? >> it may take months or years but for a decade hoffman's been there trying to save one life at a time by simply letting them know she cares. >> okay, honey. take care. >> hoffman says parents who believe it will never ...

Operations often feel they are unfairly targeted. >> they do. okay. what's your pimp's name? see that's why they don't 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. >> i'm 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 -- do you -- you don't live at home i take it, right? you don't hav...

You can never escape. >> but six months ago, when she was arrested in an oakland sting operation like this one, she received a card with debbie's phone number. she says it saved her life. >> we don't want to do this. we are made to do this. we are forced to do this. and when someone's life is threatened and constantly every day saying, if you don't get on the track i'm going to kill you. i'm going to stab you. i have my boys watching you. you can't do anything. you're scared. >> the odds of pulling a girl off the street are small but hoffman and the men of the oakland task force are undaunted....

I was going to an out call. when you're in a car with a pimp you're not supposed to look to your right. you're not supposed to look to your left. you're 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 the freeway and started hitting me and hitting me. he went in the trunk and grabbed a bat and just started hitting me, nonstop. >> whether it was giving someone oral sex in an alley ...

Human trafficking grant the oakland pd along with the fbi regularly conducts sting operations. >> oakland police. open the door so we don't 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? >> though she's been beaten and hospitalized multiple times, the girl who has been sold online since she was 15 says it's tough to esc...