Hoover Gang Members Pimped Out Women, Girls as Young as 14: DOJ

Feds rescue 4 victims including minor in massive LA sex trafficking bust targeting gang

Federal agents and LAPD arrest 10 suspects in Operation Broken Blade targeting Hoover street gang for alleged human and sex trafficking of adults and minors.

Gangsters trafficked runaways and foster kids for sex in South L.A., feds charge

Six reputed members and associates of the Hoover Criminal Gang were arrested Wednesday in what authorities called the first major takedown of a sex trafficking operation in the Figueroa Corridor of South Los Angeles.

Hoover gang members pimped out women, girls as young as 14: DOJ

Eleven alleged members of a street gang based in Los Angeles are facing federal racketeering and other charges for their roles in a suspected prostitution and sex-trafficking ring. Members of the Hoover Criminal Gang are accused of forcing girls and women into prostitution on the Figueroa Corridor of Los Angeles, resulting in a 31-count federal indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. Amaya Armstead, aka "Lady Duck," i…

Hoover gang members accused of pimping children as young as 14 in Los Angeles

The 31-count indictment alleges Hoover gang members trafficked adults and minors, including runaways and children from the foster care system, along the Figueroa Corridor of South LA.

Hoover gang members arrested for sex trafficking teens

The victims were promised a luxurious lifestyle and lured into sex work, authorities said.