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In the second half of our series Trafficked, we’ll hear how city police and community groups are fighting to save kids from the streets. According to the Oakland Attorney’s office, a mid-level pimp trafficking just four girls can make more than 500 thousand dollars a year marketing those girls on the street and online. Police say there are criminal networks that are moving into sexual exploitation of minors. The money is as good as selling drugs and safer. That’s because few are prosecuted and prison sentences are relatively short. Youth Radio’s Denise Tejada and Brett Myers have the story.
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In the second half of our series Trafficked, we’ll hear how city police and community groups are fighting to save kids from the streets. According to the Oakland Attorney’s office, a mid-level pimp trafficking just four girls can make more than 500 thousand dollars a year marketing those girls on the street and online. Police say there are criminal networks that are moving into sexual exploitation of minors. The money is as good as selling drugs and safer. That’s because few are prosecuted and prison sentences are relatively short. Youth Radio’s Denise Tejada and Brett Myers have the story.
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Originally aired on NPR.
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Youth Radio Investigates: Arresting Youth In Sex Trafficking Raises Debate
By Youth Radio
DENISE TEJADA, reporter: Oakland is known as a center for sex trafficking, with a specialty in children. Police say Oakland youth are trafficked from their hometown out to other sex hubs like Portland, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Atlanta.
Prosecutors and youth advocates are both frustrated by California law which makes it difficult to prosecute pimps and johns, and easy to go after the girls.
Lt. KEVIN WILEY (head of the Vice and Child Exploitation Unit) I want to thank everyone for coming out tonight. Remember priority number one is safety, right. Undercover officers, make sure you’re aware of your 360 the entire time. No surprises out there please.
TEJADA: In Downtown Oakland Police Headquarters Lt. Kevin Wiley is briefing a group of FBI agents and police officers about to go out on a sweep....
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INTRO:[Yesterday we aired Youth Radio’s profile of two teenagers who escaped the sex trade in Oakland, California. Today,] in the second half of our series Trafficked, we’ll hear how city police and community groups are fighting to save kids from the streets. According to the Oakland Attorney’s office, a mid-level pimp trafficking just four girls can make more than 500 thousand dollars a year marketing those girls on the street and online. Police say there are criminal networks that are moving into sexual exploitation of minors. The money is as good as selling drugs and safer. That’s because few are prosecuted and prison sentences are relatively short. Youth Radio’s Denise Tejada and Brett Myers have the story.
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