South San Francisco Husband & Wife Charged With Operating Brothels
A South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to a circuit of brothels across Northern California.
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A South San Francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the East Coast to a circuit of brothels across Northern California.
Four people were arrested and more than a dozen women who were held as sex slaves were rescued after authorities broke up a complex prostitution ring in San Mateo and Sacramento counties Thursday.
Santa Rosa police arrested a Vallejo man Thursday on suspicion of pimping a woman he recently met on a social media site, a police sergeant said.
A recent prostitution sting in Oakland has turned up a surprising new trend, some prostitutes are being forced to rob their clients when they don't meet their quota.
A San Jose weekly newspaper is being pressured by community leaders to stop running advertisements for escort services.
Police arrested three suspects following a complaint of prostitution at a hotel in Santa Rosa Monday morning, police said.
A Navy petty officer from Kings County is under arrest for allegedly pimping a 17-year-old girl to several men.
After pressure from human rights organizations and health officials, a decision was made by the San Francisco's District Attorney to no longer allow condoms as evidence in cases of prostitution.
Two children whom slain Silicon Valley venture capitalist Raveesh "Ravi" Kumra fathered with a former prostitute have a valid claim on the millionaire's estate, a judge ruled Tuesday.
A man usually most recognizable on the pitcher's mound in his San Francisco Giants uniform is increasingly being identified with an international movement to end the epidemic of human trafficking.
An Oakland man and woman were arrested in Fremont after allegedly baiting a victim with an online prostitution ad and robbing him at gunpoint, police said.
Two men were arrested at Lands End in San Francisco on Monday after one allegedly tried to recruit an underage girl into sex trafficking, police said.
Six women were arrested in Gilroy Saturday on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution, police said.
Investigators believe a millionaire murdered in his Monte Sereno home had paid as much as $30,000 to a prostitute who is one of the defendants charged with conspiring to kill him.
A second alleged prostitute was charged Friday in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose in connection with the robbery and murder of a wealthy Monte Sereno man by three men during a home invasion last November.
San Jose police arrested 14 people in two prostitution stings last week and rescued a 16-year-old girl who said she started working as a prostitute at age 11, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
A partnership agreement was signed Thursday by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon and leaders of local community organizations dedicated to ending youth human trafficking.
Four women were cited on suspicion of prostitution Tuesday a block from the San Jose Police Department's property and evidence facility, police said.
Federal authorities say three illegal immigrants have been charged with operating five Central Valley brothels that used other illegal immigrants as prostitutes.
Fairfield police arrested dozens of people over the holiday weekend on suspicion of engaging in prostitution.
Eight people have been arrested at an Emeryville hotel in an operation targeting child prostitution, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.
When a job is big but resources are shrinking, it's all about prioritizing - and that's something the police chief of the Bay Area's largest city knows all too well.
A federal judge has blocked part of a voter-approved ballot initiative related to human trafficking.
Multiple agencies throughout Alameda County conducted a sexually-exploited children recovery and prostitution out call operation in Newark and made eight arrests Thursday, a Newark police sergeant said.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging California's new voter-approved law to boost penalties for those convicted of human trafficking.
