15-year-old victim of human trafficking rescued during undercover police operation
Thursday, August 29, 2019POMONA, Calif. (KABC) -- A 15-year-old female victim of human trafficking was rescued Tuesday during an undercover police operation in Pomona, authorities said.
Plainclothes officers were conducting surveillance in the East Holt Avenue Corridor when they encountered the girl, who had been reported missing from Riverside County, according to a statement from the Pomona Police Department.
Pomona police use such undercover operations to allow victims of human trafficking the opportunity to speak with law enforcement and victims' advocates in an effort to help them relocate to safe locations, the statement said.
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