Human trafficking growing concern in county
By Rick Rogers

2:00 a.m. July 11, 2009


The public can give anonymous tips about human trafficking by calling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at (866) 347-2423.
For more information about human trafficking, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at (88 373-7888.

VISTA — The recent arrest of two dozen Chinese nationals in a prostitution sting at nine locations in Vista surprised many, but not those familiar with the burgeoning human-trafficking trade.
San Diego County has long been an on-ramp to the human-trafficking highway that runs from Central America and Mexico to San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the rest of the United States, said Stephanie Voorkamp, the California director of Not For Sale, a nonprofit group working against the global slave trade.
“Human trafficking is everywhere,â€