Suisun City Police Help Rescue Human Trafficking Victims In Sting

SUISUN CITY, CA — Suisun City police helped rescue 21 women and arrested 10 suspects during a weeklong, multi-agency human trafficking operation.

Local authorities across California fanned out across the state for five days as part of the annual initiative, called “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild,” which authorities say led the rescue of nearly 200 victims, including 14 children — one as young as 13.

In the Bay Area, detectives from the Benicia Police Department coordinated local stings targeting human trafficking victims, traffickers, sex workers, and buyers with the Suisun City Police Department, the Vacaville Police Department, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office, and the Napa County Investigative Bureau.

Across Solano County they rescued 21 women and arrested 10 suspects for pimping, pandering, or purchasing sex workers, Benicia police said. Authorities also seized firearms and other weapons during the annual sting operation.

The operation included a sting by Benicia detectives on Jan. 26 in the city, where police found four victims of human trafficking, arrested two suspects for pimping and pandering, and seized two firearms, according to the Benicia Police Department.

Authorities statewide reported that this year’s Reclaim and Rebuild operation involved more than 80 federal, state, and local agencies and task forces, resulting in 611 arrests and 170 victims rescued, including 14 teenagers.

The Los Angeles Police Department leads the statewide initiative in partnership with local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, nonprofit organizations, and Homeland Security Investigations, the primary investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, authorities said.