Most human trafficking cases in San Francisco involve victims under 25, women and people of color, according to a new report from the city's task force on anti-human trafficking.
On Thursday, the San Francisco Mayor's Task Force on Anti-Human Trafficking released a report detailing the type of human trafficking cases that government and community agencies handled in 2021.
The numbers are considerably lower than data in years prior -the department reported 673 cases from 22 agencies in 2017 -- though it may be because far fewer agencies contributed to the report. When comparing the total number of cases over the years in the same eight agencies, however, there was an average of 23 percent more cases at each agency. This could partially come from agencies expanding their services, like Safe House, an organization that increased from 5 cases in 2017 to 51 in 2021 after it launched a new program to house people facing sexual exploitation and homelessness.
According to the report, the San Francisco Police Department opened 51 investigations into human trafficking cases in 2019. Eleven resulted in arrests and nine resulted in charges being brought against the alleged trafficker.
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