Reports of human trafficking from Tahoe to El Dorado Hills
By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA-TV
El Dorado County has completed three human trafficking stings this year — in South Lake Tahoe, Placerville and El Dorado Hills, according to the district attorney’s office.
“We have young victims as well as older victims that are at risk so we are targeting all areas of the county,” Deputy District Attorney Lisette Suder said. “What we are learning is that this is very prevalent and there are a lot of people that are stuck in routines and being trafficked that don’t have ways to get out.”
The recent sting rescued a 17-year-old trafficking victim Thursday, as well as produced 14 arrests or citations, in a release sent out by the El Dorado Sheriff’s Department.