underworld of degradation, drugs, and despair. you re pissing me. do you want me to break your camera? it s a career that s like the pits of hell. all right. this dude is actually exposed right now. tonight msnbc goes undercover with oakland s human trafficking task force as they battle to rescue the young and the lost. and turn the tables on the johns and the pimps that take advantage of america s children. what s going on? i m on tv. just across the bay from the glitter of san francisco lies the rough-and-tumble port city of oakland. with ships and cargo constantly
comcast business. built for business. officers with the oakland police department s human trafficking task force are out on the city s notorious prostitution track conducting undercover stings. so we ve been out here about 40, 45 minutes. within about a five-block radius four arrests within a short period of time. it s the type of activity that s going on here. 21-year-old kekia moore is no stranger to the oakland p.d. it s tough to figure out how this well-educated, articulate young sacramento native ended up trolling international boulevard. but being arrested is nothing new for her. be cooperative and you know how this works, right?
we got a pt cruiser working northbound 1400 17th av. all right. going to be good to go. yep. i see it. yet another john is quickly cuffed and police have more than enough to book him despite his insistence of innocence. we re going to clear out. all of this day s catch are hauled off to a nearby oakland p.d. substation where one emerging trend becomes clear. the johns are not, you know, the scary stranger lurking in the shadows. these are regular, everyday guys, people who you probably wouldn t suspect of doing things like these. listen to what the officer s telling you, sir, this process will run a lot smoother. yeah, i apologize. it was a mistake. they re showing up with car seats in the car.
onto the streets of oakland is, number one, our training. we re very well trained. you don t just put any female officer out on the track. it has to be a female officer who s gone to an undercover school. and then the second thing is you rely on your fellow officers who, you know, are there and they know what to look for and they re also well trained and they know what the danger signs look like on the track. got the door open. trying to talk to her. be careful. be careful. be careful. as dusk descends on the track, this particular browser captures the team s complete and undivided attention. the driver door is completely open. he might be trying to recruit her. so just stand by. are you trying to be friends? this will make you happy. i m not in the business of making friends right now, man. i m in the business of making you happy. police are not sure if this browser is a would-be john or pimp but he does appear to have enough street smarts to evade their sting. all right
hat, old beat-up blue pickup truck. yeah. copy, blue truck. all right. he s pulling over. it s going to be a swoop on the blue truck. as soon as the old blue truck pulls into the motel parking lot, he s immediately greeted by oakland s finest. meanwhile, the cautious window shopper in the suv, his suspicions now confirmed, takes off. somebody come in and get this ford now that s making the u-turn going northbound. i.d. him. you live around here? no, sir. i live in bellville. this man is a long way from his home in the quiet east bay suburb of dublin, california. though no deal for sex was made, police can charge him with loitering and hopefully discourage him from browsing in this neck of the woods again. we want him to know that