nazi memorabilia are not auctioned off on sites like ebay anymore. why, then, should we have human beings auctioned off as entertainment? many believe the obama way to impact what amounts to modern day slavery is to crackdown on the buyers. the oakland police department conducts undercover busts. on this night, 12 officers watch and wait for suspected johns. the decoys have barely hit the corner and already johns are taking the bait. he s getting ready to head northbound. one after the other, men pull up trying to attract the girl s attention. this john gets tired of waiting in his car and decides to approach the decoy on foot. listen up, we ve got a walk up. the john leaves thinking he s about to meet the girl around the corner.
old. i ll never forget her. she was wearing a white jacket, which was filthy dirty. she was i d say, i know she was well under five feet tall. she wasn t developed. and she was with a mentor who was probably 13 years old. 13 or 14 if i remember. and we were shocked. oakland pd knows that moments like these where they can isolate the girls from their captors are the only window of opportunity to try to offer young women help and services. i mean, some of the stories i ve heard are just horrendous. for hoffman, every story is a heart breaker whether it s the 10-year-old sent out to work the streets for her mother or the 14-year-old run away who ran into the arms of a man she thought would love and protect her only to discover a life of daily beatings and sexual abuse. we recognize these ladies and truly being victims and so we re trying to educate them and get let them know they can
the men who sell women can hide themselves behind a girl they advertise on the internet. we take it very seriously. we ve been working with the fbi for years. this is a craigslist operation. the oakland, california police department trafficking task force has conducted internet sting operations for years. to find exploited girls, they simply follow the internet trail. this girl i want to get to. she s 17. it s thursday night and oakland pd s human trafficking task force gears up for an undercover sting. the undercover officers will be out there in these vehicles
how much for two of us? just quick head. oh, that s going to be a hundred. i don t know all right. where should i meet you? all right. walk over there. i ll meet you. moments later officer saleda tells officers to grab the young woman for soliciting prostitution. in the old days it was a sweep. you just swept these girls off the street and dunt give a damn. you threw them in jail and you weren t attacking a problem. you weren t solving the problem. the girls would keep coming back out and keep doing it. by attacking the pimps and making them pay, they don t victimize other girls when we get them and the girls get the services and we can save one or two, then we ve done our jobs. it s modern day slavery. it truly is. four nights a week, sting or no sting operation, oakland pd s debbie hoffman works the street
13 or 14 if i remember. and we were shocked. is it cool to talk to the female? sure. hi, honey. oakland pd knows that moments like these where they can isolate the girls from their captors are the only window of opportunity to try to offer young women help and services. i mean, some of the stories i ve heard are just horrendous. for hoffman, every story is a heartbreaker, whether it s the 10-year-old sent out to work the streets for her mother or the 14-year-old run away who ran into the arms of a man she thought would love and protect her only to discover a life of daily beatings and sexual abuse. we recognize these ladies and truly being victims and so we re trying to educate them and give them let them know they can have the power, not to give their power away to somebody else that s going to hurt them and their family. i don t know any pimp that does not roll with at least a gun. 19-year-old brittany survived