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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.
New research from Decrim Now reveals that poverty, job insecurity, and the rising cost of living are the main reasons people enter sex work. As living expenses outpace wages, more people are turning to sex work for survival. In the UK, sex work exists in a grey area: selling sex is legal, but most related activities are criminalized. This partial criminalization deters workers from reporting violence or exploitation out of fear of arrest, increasing
| Wednesday October 29, 2025
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