SACRAMENTO- On June 24, 2015, California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President and FOP Lodge #77 State Trustee Alan Barcelona met with Assemblymember Bill Quirk, chair of the Assembly Public Safety Committee, and Legislative Advocate Shane LaVigne at the assemblymember’s office at the Capitol. “We had a productive conversation about Senate Bill 776,” said Barcelona. […]
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DOJ Task Force Tackles Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation
A powerful task force lead by the California Department of Justice (DOJ) will actively target human trafficking and child exploitation in San Diego County. The San Diego Violent Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation Task Force (VHTCE) consists of 15 law enforcement and prosecution agencies that will identify, rescue, and connect victims with vital services, and […]
DOJ Investigation: Two Sisters Accused of Running SF Sex Trafficking Ring Arrested
Two sisters in San Francisco, accused of selling women for sex at several brothels, were arrested June 9, 2014, for allegedly operating a sex-trafficking ring in the Richmond District, according to the California Attorney General’s office. The arrests of Qiao “Judy” He, 37, and Gaineng He, 36, both of San Francisco, are the result of […]
The Next Step In The Stand Against Human Trafficking
When the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) supported Proposition 35, it took a stand against human trafficking, but the fight to stop master-manipulating pimps who make big bucks at the expense of young girls and boys is far from over. Just as Californians Against Slavery (CAS) lead the effort with its “Vote Yes on […]
DOJ Special Agents At Work: Human Traffickers Sentenced To Jail
SACRAMENTO – When the FBI investigated a transnational human trafficking ring operating in Northern California, the Bureau called upon California Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents to draw up detailed affidavits and to make the arrests. Last week, three of the five defendants in this case, arrested by DOJ special agents in February, were each […]
Human Trafficking: DOJ Special Agents Arrest Five
They stood in a caged area of a Sacramento courtroom dressed in orange prison garb, four men and one woman, all charged with conspiracy of pimping in what investigators call an international sex or human trafficking ring. All five suspects were arrested by special agents in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Investigations. “This […]
