hollywood vice squad surgeon who knows and his men are gearing up for a major operation western you know this is. on the way back raven to want to. write. their mission tonight take down the prostitutes customers in a rush their pimps. also will confirm a prostitution violation with the suspect and when violation has been obtained you see outrage will get a pre-determined signal. the police officers are going to do something that would be unthinkable in france go undercover posing as prostitutes. these agents known as undercovers will encourage customers to pay them and catch them in the act which they will also try to be recruited by pimps.

they expect to take approximately 1517 arrests and arrests pimps and or human traffickers. from. western avenue is a popular spot for sex workers the 2 undercovers take their position the operation is extremely dangerous they could be assaulted by customers or threatened by pimps carrying weapons this is why searching windows has set up ingenious security measures. in the box me jaysus one of the plainclothes police officers will pretend to be homeless hidden under a cardboard box so on top of having the uniforms in the area we also have you know various you know you see operators that's up to them to be as creative as they can be if it's a blend this individual here. in the car in front of us with the hood open that's

actually another cover officer. i didn't just in front of the 2 police officers another armed officer is ready to intervene in case things get out of hand the prostitutes are very quickly approached. they've only been out there for 30 seconds and now we have a car stopping to talk to the sergeant munoz has a live feed of their conversations through the phone. bank it. sounds like they're trying to they go there they go. the money a simple verbal agreement between the prostitute in the customer is all it takes to classify as an offense the girls indicate to the customer a little further away. so that's the plain clothes officers cover isn't

uniformed officers nearby carry out the arrests. try now you're just being. detained for prostitution investigation. you know. these arrests will continue well into the night. i think it was for oral sex but we told them that because she didn't get into the car that he thinks nothing happened while know it you can still commit a crime even without the theme of getting in the car in california prostitution customers or johns risk up to 6 months in prison and a $1000.00 fine however the johns aren't the only people charged munoz is concerned about. her she says there's just too the line of cars. he wants to identify the. these pimps often recruit girls directly from the street the driver

of this luxury sedan approach christina one of the undercover officers. this is possible pam and here exchanged phone numbers. where they're on the cover so what the on the cover is going to do is going to communicate with me can be something that can be done tonight or it could be darn right or within the next couple of days. actually. it's going to take place around. the result rests and contact with a potential sexual trafficker the operation has been a real success for surgery and the hollywood vice squad at the station christine is quick to contact the driver of the sedan. the way he was talking to her

it wasn't like the usual guys that approach us and are just like a. i was oral or anything like that it was very kind of beg me he wanted more from us so not really saying ok our control over it completely but influencing me to keep working out on the street what we're trying to accomplish is to see if we can get a pandering violation. fornia inciting an adult woman to prostitute is punishable by 6 years in prison. los angeles the 2nd most populated city in the united states with over 4000000 inhabitants and hotbed of prostitution. on the city sidewalks in apartments but also in hotels. around the airport

thousands of women are prostituting themselves under the control of pimps who are often gang members. this issue is affecting more and more underage girls on a daily basis totally takes less risky than trafficking weapons or drugs the sexual exploitation of children is a highly profitable business for organized crime and under-age prostitute could bring in between $150200000.00 a year 10000 dollars 2 weeks that is the week. we were given the rare opportunity to follow the hollywood vice squad who fight this modern slavery on a daily basis if i catch a child you know the car you go to jail. they're hunting ground western avenue. they come out here illegally walk up and out of western how quickly.

surgeon munoz is leading a team of around 20 officers in the field working undercover they are trying to catch prostitutes and pimps by posing as customers. there. as soon as underage victims are identified these undercover officers and the case over to the human trafficking unit 60 tech to have specialized in long term cases probably looking at about 36 open cases right now aaron and his colleagues use some surprising investigation methods to catch out traffickers. we call this are. going through cell phones fake profiles online and on social media you know if you're going to exploit a child here in los angeles we're going to come out with thanks to these techniques he has managed to pull one $120.00 miners out of prostitution. in just

a yacht for young you got to be freezing. t.k. is a survivor she was forced into prostitution throughout her entire teenage years. 1218 alitalia well far different than. it's an exceptional immersion by elly's elite police officers who are leading the war against sexual trafficking without mercy. where you go to jail to. aaron lives in a residential suburb around 15 miles away from los angeles. this former professional snowboarder has now been working in the human trafficking unit for 12 years. erin and his wife have a new member to their little family. center came

early and we have a new addition to our family. our baby girl arrived when we could go. every day this father of 2 attempts to save minors who are being sexually exploited recently becoming a father has only reaffirmed his determination you know work in child sex crimes it's a very difficult position to work. you know the stuff that i'm exposed to on a daily basis the images that we see you know the interviews you hear the stories of these children of what they go through and it's heartbreaking you know obviously i would never want my daughter to ever be you know exposed to any of this so it's still a motivator for me. however aaron doesn't have a lot of spare time for his family.

they are not. going to get. in on a day off. every inch unit is located it l.a.p.d. headquarters in the heart of the city the 60 tech lives working in this department are very well pete on average $100000.00 per year in order to fight this war against sexual trafficking they have a surprising weapon up their sleeve they use fake social media accounts as a means to catch pimps i have 2 undercover accounts. instagram that i do. so this is my 1st account can i pose as either a 16 or 17 year old female this particular female that i use is actually a police officer here fairly puti. we use different type thing i will do it showing her with money resource show that she gets to travel

a little bit in california the legal age for sex is 18 years old however erin is still contacted by dozens of men you know 24681012 i probably have 25 or 30 direct messages from different bands and chapters this particular person who goes by i get paid the trust no one he asked me what school you go to i told the school and then the very next one was how old are you to be honest with you i am 16 years old saw her and said that to him and we'll see if your response. to recruit young girls via social media or dating apps the pimps 1st try to seduce them some don't hesitate in sending graphic images i don't ask for him though send a picture of a penis. these vulnerable and easily influenced girls will then fall into the pimps . for our real victims needs these rural girls that are out there they have very

low self-esteem so when something like this gets into the picture there are things i tell them how cute they are you've got a nice body you're so smart it builds a girl's confidence at some point a rope and you say you know what i think you're the guy for me when all you know i'll come mess with you. so we continue to chat. tonight aaron is going to try to treat these men who are exploiting young girls his team will be working in a joint operation with the hollywood vice squad. but the pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. has emerged with the we don't like seeing the whole world peace to be.

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we're going to be conducting this investigation both tell. cornelius the risers it's going to be sergeant munoz we're going to have to interview the central bank and what's with the 3 men that they are victims of human trafficking or pandering and we're going 'd to attempt to locate and identify their their pimps. josh one of the vice squad officers as well. the on line profiles of the prostitutes that appear under any as of 2017 they are now considered as victims under california law to help them get out of the game these undercover officers are going to trap them by posing as potential customers this is what we're looking for right here she

looks very. you can tell she's using social media that to me this kind of screams that. this has the potential to be a juvenile victim right here. in the market for it is. nothing that you would believe but the. police will be operating from this luxury hotel by x. $80000000.00 travelers who pass through this area every year and the dozens of surrounding hotels are a godsend for pimps. a lot of the girls or lines girls at work prostitution. may know the hotel very well they know that most of the men that call them in this area are business men who are usually from out of town so a lot of times are undercover as well act as businessmen from out of town. 20 or so agents are now inside 2 adjoining rooms in this hotel. in the.

hand is good. for that room is where they will be doing the undercover operation and then the undercover when they get a violation and then we take the female into custody they bring her back in here and it was the reason for. the undercover cop was already texting a girl who was potentially under age to gain her trust he is telling her about his evening kind of humorous story so that it's credible that i was at a strip club and i wanted to. so now that i spoke spoke to her she says she's going to be out here in 20 minutes and hopefully we can get her to come out and then you . how much was the amount per rate $300.00 for an hour or for 50 for 2 hours. ok for example for your get are fulfilled. rates for hotels are 2 or 3 times higher than the going rate on the street police

officers have police cameras around the bedroom for the operation they can discreetly observe what is going on in the next room. so. they are doing a negotiation we can hear it and help us with our investigation later on down the line if we have to go to court their evil the use of video to show that the officer did make an agreement the girl a police officer on watch at the hotel entrance alerts the team of the young woman's imminent arrival at all if she. can. pull out a system. so this is going to be the way to get. their government.

police officers bump into was suspicious woman in the corridor or perhaps the prostitutes madam. the police officer who is posing as the customer comes out of the bedroom pretending to take a phone call. you're. like we man saw your stuff. for. us but. first. call you. if i didn't. the young woman is taken into the adjoining room where she's making out like this is her 1st arrest. and.

she's taken $200.00 from the fake customers got it. to the police officers now want to find out if she is working under a pimp. so like. i was making this oh. this is. a dry if you don't break you're going to pass off. it's impossible to know whether she is working for herself or for someone else despite her young appearance she is in fact of age as she's very youthful and appearance yeah but they verify she's 20. the police managed to arrest a 2nd prostitute later that evening but she is also of age.

they got 2 girls tonight it was a good night they got to unfortunate in getting minors and then one girl was 20 and then a crow is 24. and they're not being trafficked they're doing it on their own. so they will get. taken to the jail they'll get a citation and released and then go off their own way. being charged with prostitution means these 2 girls risk a $1000.00 fine and over 40 hours community service unfortunately the police haven't managed to arrest any underage girl. tonight but their efforts to save these young girls from a life of prostitution will soon be rewarded. between 2 night operations the hollywood vice squad are taking advantage of those rare moments of downtime to release some tension kids early evening and surgery munoz's

day has already been pretty busy. he came in early to help at the check this. branch of a couple gay members who were actually responsible for shooting. shootings throughout all the wood and some of the surrounding areas so we got them a custody so we're here at 4 in the morning for you know we're going to star right . they will go all night you know addressing the issues should be a finite a 5 year long. that's all the way for you usually long nights. surgeon munoz will spend most of tonight patrolling the streets of east hollywood in search of underage prostitutes in his undercover car he will head down western avenue.

crushing koreatown with its local businesses and motels but also those more infamous hollywood streets that are ran by gang members sergeant moon oh sometimes stumbles upon some rather unusual scenes during the night. every night at around 10 pm the regular ritual of scantily clad prostitutes coming out onto the street begins to come out here just plainly walk. wester and you can see how quickly things just get more growth. there's about $56.00 different girls it within about a 4 block area. this soliciting is completely uninhibited for everyone to see so you can see them monitoring traffic waving cars blowing kisses at people obviously their dress the way their dress or attire it's part of that. and suddenly

the surgeon notices a sex worker who appears very young. spring everybody out in. the sun now she's here on the corner he's here right here because of the street we have enough undercover officers in the area they've got to try to get her attention to see if she decides to get into one of the cars. one of the plainclothes officers approaches her in his van after a short conversation the young woman agrees to get in. so she's not out here with and one question declined an hour and all she's trying to screen him and as we can see the wife know they're going to be driving away. surgeon who knows stern's detail them. in the surrounding area are waiting for the signal from undercover cops before intervening.

ok he's got the release of a violent right making. the arrest take place at a gas station. the c.c.t.v. cameras and lighting mean it is safer for both party painter once again the young woman doesn't have any idea. so these girls often lie to us about their identity no i.d. and their age even though she says. and she's 20 years old she and her parents is that of a german also. these arrests of under-age looking girls continue well into the night. because it. just said typical friday night in the hollywood and illustrated alley.

more often than not these girls aren't carrying id they're taken to the station to verify their agents. in the parking lot one of the girls catches the attention of the officers she's 5 months pregnant. at the precinct surgeon munoz recognizes the young pregnant girl this is the 3rd time she's been arrested. first it was our 11th and then we got her and. her last arrest was when she was 17 years old and she is now potentially of age but the police officers are sure to try to get her so now they're not there to see if this was in charge of the children actually. she actually jumped out of the car ran out for ran away from the c.f.s.

and she's better but now she's she's probably in a double every 3rd night that. 45th direction maybe she. was or the. day she is that is the center szish and it all right. there i think. very clear if you've read a. recession for a full we just need to get the right information to find out. ringback when checking the files the officers realize that the young woman has lied about her date of birth she's been using her sister's id. she is in fact still a teenager so brianna's her older sister's name i just found the lord. high risk for heart. and gave the session. she was 15 as a fairly sure did you see her sister's information show that it turned out that she still isn't so now you get a call b.s.

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