A federal lawsuit filed this week seeks to hold an Oakland hotel liable for sex trafficking by guests at the hotel under a statute that makes a company liable if it benefits from, and knew, or should have known, about the trafficking. Police in San Jose announced Thursday that two women were rescued, and a man was arrested following the bust of a suspected brothel at a home last week.
Two women were arrested for alleged human trafficking after police said they found a brothel operating at a home in East San Jose earlier this month. The San Francisco Police Department is deploying mobile camera trailers to provide round-the-clock monitoring of high-crime areas and help officers in making arrests, authorities announced Monday.
Oakland police on Thursday announced a series of arrests involving a homicide and robberies involving alleged sex workers and their pimps along International Boulevard in East Oakland. Three men were arrested for alleged human trafficking and four survivors were found after three residential brothels were found in San Jose, police said Thursday. Kara St. Cyr reports on Shotwell Street residents file suit against San Francisco over lack of sex work enforcement in the Mission.
San Francisco officials on Wednesday announced new initiatives to combat illegal prostitution on Shotwell Street in the Mission District, including the mailing of "Dear John" letters to the owners of vehicles seen soliciting in the neighborhood. The San Francisco Police Department said that 30 people were arrested in its eight nights of operations against crimes related to prostitution in the Mission District. Police in San Jose on Tuesday confirmed the recent arrest of a human trafficking suspect who was operating a South Bay brothel, according to authorities.
Residents of Oakland's San Antonio neighborhood are demanding the city do something about rampant prostitution and sex trafficking in the area.
