On Friday, April 9, 2021, members of the Palm Desert Business District Team (BDT) with the assistance of the Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team (SET) and the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a demand reduction sex trafficking operation in the city of Palm Desert.
Sex trafficking charges were added March 29th, 2021 to the indictment against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that she groomed a 14-year-old girl to recruit other young females in the early 2000s to provide “sexualized massages” to Epstein in return for cash.
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, members of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) with the assistance of the Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team (SET) and Palm Desert Business District Team (BDT), conducted a sex trafficking demand reduction operation in the city of Palm Desert.