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>> this is a more popular area for the teenagers. >> jason skirlt lan is a veteran undercover for oakland pd's trafficking unit. he says targeting the working girls is necessary to get to the pimps who exploit them. >> it can be unfortunate that the girls have to go to jail. our main objective is to target the pimps. and we don't get to the pimps without going through a girl first. >> all right, we've got possible assemblies off and in. >> less than ten minutes into their operation, the undercovers get they're first nibble.

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 and punishing the pimps who exploit them. >> so we've got sammy. sammy's going to be in a gold ford windstar. >> we have undercover officers that are going to be out in the areas that we know that are high in illegal sexual activity. so they'll go out there. they'll try to make contact with the girls, try to solicit some...

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