A nationwide child prostitution sweep earlier this week uncovered a brothel at an apartment complex in San Bruno, according to South San Francisco police.
The sweep resulted in the arrest of 17 Bay Area pimps and the rescue of 12 children who were forced into prostitution, according to police. It also resulted in the arrest of at least 10 prostitutes and one pimp by San Mateo police last Thursday and Friday nights in undercover stings, according to police.
Local law enforcement agencies participated in the FBI’s Operation Cross Country last week to combat juvenile sex trafficking.
South San Francisco police contacted and arrested several escorts who were soliciting for prostitution on different websites after undercover officers booked appointments with them.
During one of the undercover stings, police uncovered an “Asian brothel” at an apartment complex in San Bruno after an undercover officer booked an appointment and was directed there, according to police.
Once at the apartment, police contacted two female escorts and found evidence of a brothel-type operation as well as cash seized as evidence.
The alleged pimp, 35-year-old Senhsu Yang from Union City, was later contacted and arrested at the scene, according to police. Yang was booked into jail on $20,000 bail. Police did not indicate where the apartment complex is located.
The investigation continues to try to determine whether the women were being sexually trafficked as part of a larger prostitution ring, according to police.
The women who were contacted or arrested during the sting were provided support, alternatives, resources and direction to service agencies in the county, according to police.
In San Mateo, police secured an undercover location for the operation and arranged for meetings with possible prostitutes over two nights. In addition to 10 adult prostitution arrests, the second night of the operation resulted in the arrest of one pimp who transported a suspected prostitute to the undercover location.
Yu Yuan, a 25-year-old resident of San Jose, was ultimately booked in San Mateo County Jail on a felony pimping charge.
Nationwide, the FBI reported that 105 child victims were rescued during the operation.
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