Human Trafficking

A recent encounter outside a grocery store has everyone talking about trusting those gut feelings. Sometimes, a little intuition goes a long way in keeping us safe.

If you've seen that white dot on your windshield, you might want to sit tight. The story behind it isn't what you think.

Seven Trenton residents and an Asbury Park woman face human trafficking charges for operating a prostitution ring in Central Jersey with victims smuggled into the United States from overseas.

The Assembly homeland security committee kicked off the new legislative session with a hearing Monday looking at the issue of human trafficking.

In the months following the introduction of U.S. Congressman Chris Smith's anti-trafficking reauthorization bill, there continues to be strides made towards preventing this heinous crime and protecting human lives.

Threatening a 23-year old woman and forcing her into prostitution lands a Massachusetts man in a New Jersey state prison for a decade on charges including human trafficking.

A Burlington County couple, who allegedly turned a profit by turning a 17-year-old girl into a motel sex slave for hire in 2016, face 20 years to life in prison if convicted of the most serious of 11 charges in an indictment reached Monday in Trenton.

Enslavement of a 17-year-old girl into drug-addled prostitution will cost a Burlington County man and his girlfriend at least 20 years in prison - maybe their lifetimes - if they're convicted of the most severe of several charges at trial.

The Perth Amboy slaughterhouse was closed in January by health inspectors, federal officials said Tuesday.

According to the attorney general, the Westville woman made appointments for the young runaway and herself to meet with up to four men in a single day.