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New Jersey is facing a Human trafficking problem just like all the other States throughout America. There have been 86 cases noted in N.J. this year up through June 15.
Last year the N.J. count was 155 total. New Jersey has established a human trafficking task force to combat its growing problem. Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to trap people into modern slavery against their will. Most cases this year involve women and children and both forced labor and commercial sex.
On April 24, 2025, the advocacy group International Rights Advocates (IRA) filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Starbucks. The suit alleges that the global coffee giant knowingly profited from coffee harvested through forced labor in Brazil. Simultaneously, Coffee Watch submitted a petition to US Customs and Border Protection to block imports of coffee produced with forced labor. The case centers around eight Brazilian workers identified as
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