Dec 3, 2024 | defendants indicted | facilitating human trafficking | human trafficking | human trafficking rings | human trafficking rings dismantled | seven defendants | Crime Victims | Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Human Trafficking | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced that seven defendants were indicted in connection with two separate human trafficking enterprises in North and South Jersey. One human trafficking ring was based in Essex County, where a suspected female trafficker allegedly used beatings with an electrical cord and other acts of physical violence to control the teenage victims, subjecting them to sexual assaults by strangers and profiting from the abuse.
Sep 24, 2024 | Cannabis Regulatory | case management | community-based violence intervention (CBVI) | Counseling | Enforcement Assistance | Grant Opportunities | high-risk intervention | Marketplace Modernization Fund | mentorship | NOAF | safe passage | school-age youth | street outreach | support | trauma recovery | violence | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | VIVA
Governor Murphy, Attorney General Platkin Announce $14.5 Million in Violence Intervention and Prevention Grants Available for Community Organizations .
Sep 11, 2024 | ferry rides | grief | Jersey City | loss | memorial service | New Jersey Department of Human Services | New Jersey State Police | New York City | Red Cross | September 11 | surviving family members | VCCO | Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
For Immediate Release: September 11, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance- Patricia Teffenhart, Executive DirectorVictims of Crime Compensation Office- Mary Ellen Bonsper,...
Jul 30, 2024 | complaint-warrant | financial assistance | housing relocation | Inappropriate Sexual Communications with Crime Victims | investigator | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | OPIA | Point Pleasant | second-degree official misconduct | State Uniform Ethics Code | unwarranted privileges | Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | Office of Public Integrity and Accountability | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office
For Immediate Release: July 30, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralOffice of Public Integrity and Accountability- Drew Skinner, Executive Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-OAGpress@njoag.gov TRENTON – Attorney...
Jan 19, 2024 | Funding | New Jersey Trauma Recovery Center | NOAF | Violence Intervention Programming | VIVA | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | VIVA
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that an additional $3 million in federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds have been made available through a notice of funding to support New Jersey’s Trauma Recovery Center (TRC) Program.
May 26, 2023 | Building State Technology Capacity grant | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance (VIVA) | Online Case Processing System | Online Platform | Victim Compensation Payments | Victims of Crime | Victims of Crime Compensation Office (VCCO) | Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims | Victims of Crime Compensation Office | VIVA
For Immediate Release: May 26, 2023 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance- Patricia Teffenhart, Executive DirectorVictims of Crime Compensation Office- Mary Ellen Bonsper, Director...
