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Greater risk of sex trafficking in pandemic New York
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Greater risk of sex trafficking in pandemic New York

ByEyes on Trafficking News

New York has seen a spike in sex trafficking cases during the worst of the pandemic. “It’s the deadly combination of people losing their jobs, increasing poverty, and many victims sheltering in their homes with abusers,” Dorchen Leidholdt, director of the Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services at Sanctuary for Families, told The Telegraph. Traffickers…

Attorney General James Provides Resources to Hotels to Protect Human Trafficking Victims – New York State Attorney General
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Attorney General James Provides Resources to Hotels to Protect Human Trafficking Victims – New York State Attorney General

ByEyes on Trafficking News

AG James Reminds Hotels to Post Mandatory Human Trafficking Signage with Hotline Number as Summer Travel Increases NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to prevent human trafficking and protect New Yorkers as summer travel and cross-border movement increases. Attorney General James provided hotel and tourism associations with cards that contain…