Fighting Human Trafficking

California's Regional Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces

In 2004 and 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice awarded grants to create six regional task forces in California to combat human trafficking. In 2009 and 2010, the California Emergency Management Agency used American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant funds to supplement the original six task forces and establish three new regional task forces.

From mid-2010 to mid-2012, California's nine regional human trafficking task forces identified 1,277 victims, initiated 2,552 investigations, and arrested 1,798 individuals. As part of their work to combat human trafficking, the task forces also provide training to a variety of audiences on how to identify and respond to the crime. In the same two-year period, California's task forces provided training to 25,591 law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other first responders.

California's regional anti-human trafficking task forces employ a comprehensive, victim-centered approach and are made up of law enforcement and local, state, and federal prosecutors, as well as other governmental leaders and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Task Forces and Lead NGOs

East Bay Human Trafficking Task Force

• Oakland Police Department (510) 238-3349
• Alameda County District Attorney’s Office H.E.A.T. (Human Exploitation and Trafficking) Unit (510) 272-6222
• Bay Area Women Against Rape, Oakland (510) 430-1298 http://bawar.org/

Fresno Coalition Against Human Trafficking

• Fresno Police Department (559) 621-5951
• Central Valley Against Human Trafficking, Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission (559) 263-1000 http://fresnoeoc.org/
• Marjaree Mason Center, Fresno (559) 237-4706 http://mmcenter.org

Los Angeles Metro Area Task Force on Human Trafficking

• Los Angeles Police Department (213) 486-6840
• Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), Los Angeles (213) 365-1906 http://castla.org

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North Bay Human Trafficking Task Force

• San Francisco Police Department (415) 553-1361
• Asian Anti-Trafficking Collaborative, San Francisco (415) 567-6255 http://apilegaloutreach.org/trafficking.html
• SAGE Project (Standing Against Global Exploitation), San Francisco (415) 905-5050 http://sagesf.org

Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force

• Westminster Police Department (714) 898-3315
• Community Services Programs (949) 250-0488 http://cspinc.org/Human%20Trafficking

Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force

• Riverside County Sheriff's Department (951) 955-1700
• Operation Safe House, Riverside (951) 351-4418 http://operationsafehouse.org

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Sacramento Innocence Lost Task Force

• Sacramento County Sheriff's Department & Federal Bureau of Investigation (916) 874-3916
• Courage Worldwide/Courage House, Rocklin (916) 517-1616 http://courageworldwide.org
• Sacramento Rescue & Restore Coalition A program of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (916) 263-3800 http://sacramentorescueandrestore.net

San Diego North County Anti-Trafficking Task Force

• San Diego Sheriff's Department, Vista Substation (760) 806 5352
• North County Lifeline, Vista (760) 726-4900 http://nclifeline.org

San Jose/South Bay Human Trafficking Task Force

• San Jose Police Department (408) 277-4322
• Community Solutions, Morgan Hill (408) 779-2113 http://communitysolutions.org

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