MARTINEZ – East Bay authorities final month arrested 13 folks on suspicion of human trafficking and recognized 30 victims, in accordance with the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
The crackdown, dubbed Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, began Jan. 23 and ended Jan. 28. Altogether, Contra Costa County Human Trafficking Activity Pressure companions performed eight separate operations all through the county, prosecutors stated in a press release Friday.
The suspects had been arrested on costs together with intercourse trafficking of an grownup, intercourse trafficking of a minor and pimping. The victims, in the meantime, had been provided providers and given a chance to talk with a specialised human trafficking sufferer advocate.
“My workplace stands prepared to guage these instances for prosecution and maintain traffickers accountable for his or her exploitation of weak members of our group,” District Legal professional Diana Becton stated.
Co-led by the Contra Costa County District Legal professional’s Workplace and Group Violence Options, the duty drive was based in 2018 to finish all types of human trafficking within the county.
Anybody with info associated to human trafficking or related crimes within the county can contact their native regulation enforcement company or the district legal professional’s human trafficking tip line at 925-957-8658.