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WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services placed more than a dozen immigrant children in the custody of human traffickers after it failed to conduct background checks of caregivers, according to a Senate report released on Thursday. Examining how the federal agency processes minors who arrive at the border without a guardian, lawmakers […]
The Wall Street Journal The legitimate platforms say they already prevent prostitution through a variety of measures. But online sexual advances are hard to police, because those peddling sex often use code words or images. Read the full story
This Summer An Underage Girl Went Missing in San Mateo County. We Found Her. She was in high school when a man lured her away. He told her she was pretty, he loved her, he would buy her nice things….. Girls who go missing are, more often than not, kidnapped for commercial sexual exploitation. Special […]
He Made Money Selling Young Women For Sex. We Hope He Comes Up With A Better Business Plan In Jail. Special Operations works very closely with The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office on sex trafficking. So, when a tip came in that a man was selling young women for sex out of a house in […]
President Trump signed a bill Wednesday that gives federal and state prosecutors greater power to pursue websites that host sex-trafficking ads and enables victims and state attorneys general to file civil lawsuits against those sites. Addressing the victims and family members in attendance, the president said, “I’m signing this bill in your honor. … You […]
Classifieds website Backpage.com has been seized and shut down by the FBI. The FBI confirmed Friday that agents also raided the Sedona home of Michael Lacey, the founder of Backpage.com. Backpage.com has been under investigation for years for claims that the site facilitates sex trafficking on their adult ads page. Read more
Two teens were saved from becoming victims of a human trafficking by nothing less than a miracle — literally. The two young girls had approached an American Airlines ticket agent — whose name is Denice Miracle — at Sacramento International Airport, trying to board a flight to New York with no identification or return tickets. […]
Lake County authorities have arrested two Clearlake men suspected of human trafficking linked to prostitution, a bust that culminates a six-month investigation, District Attorney Don Anderson announced Friday. Timothy Lee Williams, 52, was arrested Thursday as he sat in a car outside a motel where the District Attorney’s investigators set up a sting operation involving […]
MENLO PARK, CA — A Menlo Park man is jailed on $200,000 bail Tuesday after being arrested on suspicion of child pornography. The man, whose LinkedIn profile indicates he’s a “product development executive” in the automotive sector based in the Bay Area, was arrested after an investigation was first prompted by his wife’s suspicions, the […]
FOSTER CITY, CA — A Foster City man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of molesting a six-year-old child in a hotel resort pool in Jamaica, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Douglas Peacock, 43, has been charged with one count of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, […]
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