Kaneshiro says police making more arrests on weekends than in the past.
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Civil Beat investigated sex trafficking in Honolulu.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: Prosecutor To Step Up Hunt For Traffickers
Kaneshiro plans to assign deputies to monitor Honolulu prostitution cases more closely.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: Honolulu Police Owes Public Answers
Year-long Civil Beat investigation raises questions about how aggressively city works to combat sex trafficking.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: Arrests Turn Up No Trafficking Victims
Either Honolulu doesn’t have a sex trafficking problem — or local law enforcement isn’t doing enough to investigate it, experts say.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: Honolulu Prostitution Arrests Declining
Police made less than half as many arrests in 2011 as they did five years ago.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: In One Year, One Pimp Arrested
Lack of pimp arrests shows human trafficking is not a priority for Honolulu police, crime experts say.
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Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: No Arrests on a Saturday in Honolulu
Less than 1 percent of prostitution arrests occur on the weekend.