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.
Feb 6, 2024 | Atlantic City | facilitating human trafficking | FBI Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force | fugitive | human trafficking | Indictment | New Jersey State Police (NJSP) | NJSP Casino Gaming Bureau | Retired Corrections Officer | Special Investigations Unit | The Division of Criminal Justice | Division of Criminal Justice | Human Trafficking | Press Release
The Attorney General’s Office is asking the public for information to assist with the ongoing search for a retired corrections officer who failed to appear at a criminal trial on human trafficking charges.
Jan 18, 2024 | Burlington County | captive | commercial sex abuse or a minor | Conspiracy | criminal restraint | Division of Criminal Justice | engaging in prostitution with a minor | facilitating human trafficking | human trafficking | Indictment | Missing Persons and Human Trafficking Unit | New Jersey State Police | NJSP | NJSP Special Investigations Unit | Pennsylvania | promoting organized street crime | prostitution of a minor | sex trafficking | Sexual Assault | South Jersey Horel | Child Protection | Division of Criminal Justice | Human Trafficking | Press Release | Sexual Assault Victims
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced that a state grand jury voted to file criminal charges against a suspect who was allegedly operating a human trafficking network in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
