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[SNIPPETS FROM ARTICLE] READ FULL ARTICLE During a press conference on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced details and results from the seventh annual Operation Reclaim and Rebuild enforcement...

Yahoo! By Brenda Gazzar February 11, 2022 [SNIPPET FROM ARTICLE] READ FULL ARTICLE …Law enforcement officials and anti-trafficking groups are also watching for signs of human trafficking, including sex trafficking of minors with the influx of visitors and, sadly,...

Feb 4, 2022 – NBC4 Los Angeles. By City News Service. Authorities Thursday announced that 145 arrests were made in Los Angeles County during a recent statewide operation investigating human trafficking.

Feb 4, 2022 – ABC7.com by Veronica Miracle. Every year, no matter where the Super Bowl is hosted, experts say there’s a spike in the demand for sex-trafficking victims. Sometimes those victims are children.

Jan 25, 2022 – NBC4 News by Ted Chen. Tens of thousands of people are coming into town for the Super Bowl but authorities are urging the public to keep an eye out for the darker side of large sporting events – human trafficking.

Jan 22, 2022 – KTLA5 Los Angeles by Cindy Von Quednow. A multi-agency investigation in Southern California led to the recovery of 33 children who had been missing, including eight who were sexually exploited, the FBI announced Friday.

Jan 21, 2022 – PEOPLE by Wendy Grossman Kantor. Oree Freeman was born in prison. She was adopted by a single mother when she was 2 days old.”I was born with a booking number,” Freeman, 26, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.

Jan 19, 2022 – The Fallible Man podcast interview with Alan Smyth of Saving Innocence. “Men! Fight for Me!” is the title of a book inspired by one of the survivors who shares their story in its pages.

Jan 1, 2022 – The Office for Victims of Crime has important resources for child victims and witnesses support.

Dec 10, 2021 – ABC7.com by Veronica Miracle. In Los Angeles County, there are almost 19,000 children in foster care. More than 600 need a permanent home. This is the story of the people who dedicate their lives to these kids and how a worldwide pandemic hasn’t stopped them.