Ten people, some of whom are documented members of four different Oceanside gangs with warring histories, face federal charges for allegedly pimping three teenage females throughout North County, authorities said Tuesday.

Authorities said some of the defendants came together despite their individual membership in different, sometimes warring, street gangs.

“The gang angle was surprising to us,” Oceanside police Lt. Joe Young said. “But the common denominator was that they were making money. I believe that is what brought them together.”

Young said the prostitution happened at motels from Carlsbad to Escondido, as well as in Southwest Riverside County.

The group is accused of pimping two 15-year-old girls and one 19-year-old woman, Serano said, adding that she “would not be surprised” if investigators find more victims.

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More than a month after the FBI announced it had rescued 52 children
from sexual slavery in a nationwide crackdown on child
prostitution, none of the victims is receiving the help specialists
say is necessary to overcome such trauma and rejoin society.

At least one, a 15-year-old Sacramento girl held on an unrelated
charge, remains in a juvenile detention center, according to a Los
Angeles Times check of the children’s situations.

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GenerateHope recently had the opportunity and honor to meet with two different delegations from other countries who are working to combat trafficking in persons. These groups, arranged by the Department of State have included representatives from The Netherlands, China, Haiti, Tonga, New Zealand, Guatemala, Lagos, Trinidad and Tobago.

It has been interesting to see that around the globe different nations are fighting this same cause, running up against similar struggles, managing various levels of support and for the most part also just beginning to get programs up and running as is true for us here in San Diego. It has been exciting to share our program plans and see the international support for our approach and our work here. It has certainly been agreed by the participants in these groups that NGOs (non-government organizations) and faith based groups are by far the most active in making a difference and pushing for change.

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In Rhode Island, there is a loophole in the law that makes it legal for 16-year-old girls to dance in strip clubs.

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SAN DIEGO – A teen describes her entry into local sex trafficking, and how she was able to turn her life around.

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SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury in San Diego handed up an 11-count indictment charging three men with transporting and harboring undocumented immigrants for prostitution, a prosecutor announced Wednesday.

Adrian Zitlalpopoca-Hernandez, 32, faces two counts each of sex trafficking by force, persuasion or coercion to travel to engage in prostitution, harboring aliens for prostitution and bringing illegal aliens into the United States for financial gain.

Eduardo Aguila-Tecuapacho, 25, and Carlos Tzompantzi-Serrano, 35, are each charged with one count of harboring aliens for purposes of prostitution and one count of harboring illegal aliens, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Tenorio. (more…)

SAN DIEGO – A young woman who helped recruit girls to pose for racy photos, which were then placed on craigslist.com to solicit prostitution, was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison.

Jessica King, 20, pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of children and coercion and enticement of a juvenile into prostitution.

Her co-conspirators, Christopher Black and Jordan Arnold, both 21, pleaded guilty on the same day to the same charge.

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Malaysia’s prime minister vowed to investigate a scathing report by U.S. lawmakers saying thousands of Myanmar refugees were handed over to human traffickers with some ending up working in Thai brothels.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations said in the report that illegal Myanmar migrants deported from Malaysia were often forced to work in brothels, fishing boats and restaurants across the border in Thailand if they had no money to purchase their freedom.

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Since 2008, six major human-trafficking cases have been cracked in which at least 40 persons were held including different airline staffers, passport officers, agents and women from well-to-do families, who opted illegal means to fly out of the city.

The two-month-old cell has also busted a case in March this year by arresting four persons including two Air India employees and an agent Imtiyaz Raheem Maradia, who is involved in many such cases. (more…)