Migrants in New York City shelters falling victim to human trafficking …
Feb 23, 2024 · Counselors say they've seen an uptick in young migrants being sex trafficked, including teen girls and boys. From 2022 to 2024, ECLI-VIBES was able to help 209 survivors; 45 were non-U.S....
2 Men Sentenced in Sex-Trafficking Ring That ... - The New York Times
Feb 10, 2022 · Five members of a family-run operation trafficked girls between Mexico and Queens and pushed them into prostitution. Francisco Melendez-Perez and Abel Romero-Melendez were sentenced in Federal ...
Sex-Trafficking Couple Exploited Foster Care ... - The New York Times
Mar 9, 2022 · A Bronx couple used foster care to exploit vulnerable young women, prosecutors and a woman who had been placed in their home said. Kareem Mitchell, center, was registered as a sex offender at the...
Home - Restore NYC
Restore NYC is a nonprofit organization making freedom real for survivors of trafficking in the United States. If you know someone in need or would like to report suspicious activity call the National Human Trafficking Hotline: (888) 373-7888.
4 indicted in Manhattan child sex trafficking ring: DA Bragg
May 2, 2024 · Four people were indicted for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old girl into selling her body for sex in New York City, Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg announced on Thursday.
Anti-Trafficking Program - Safe Horizon
Our Anti-Trafficking Program (ATP) is dedicated to supporting survivors of labor and sex trafficking in New York City. ATP is one of the largest direct service providers to victims of human trafficking on the east coast. Help us stop human trafficking.
‘We will not stop’: NYC cracks down on Roosevelt Ave sex trafficking
Oct 16, 2024 · CORONA, Queens (PIX11) – A multi-agency task force was launched in New York City in an effort to target crime and sex trafficking on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens.
Sex Trafficking in New York City and Vulnerabilities to Re-Trafficking …
Jul 8, 2023 · Nine (10.3%) reported contraceptive use and six (6.9%) experienced forced substance use while trafficked. The most reported barriers that women faced in escaping trafficking were threat of violence (28.7%) and financial dependence (19.5%).
Human Trafficking - Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Trafficked individuals may live and work among us as domestic servants, restaurant workers, and/or workers in the commercial sex industry (including in massage parlors, strip clubs, escort services, or prostitution).
Exclusive: An inside look at how NYPD is fighting sex trafficking
A newly formed task force has been working to arrest those leading the sex trafficking charge. Officers are going after so-called pimps and johns, instead of women who are often forced into ...