Last Thursday, New Jersey’s Bergan County Prosecutor’s Office announced they’d broken up an international human trafficking ring. 22 people were arrested and more than 50 victims identified. The ring had operated in New Jersey and New York for six years.
NJ.com reported the news, quoting Robert Anzilotti, Chief of Detectives:
“Human trafficking is real. It is right here under our noses.”
Six years, more than 50 young women, forced into prostitution, often for 12 hours a day, bringing in big bucks (hundreds of thousands per month) for the ringleaders.
The victims are receiving crisis care and shelter.
Open our eyes, O Lord, to evil being done right under our noses. Reveal the schemes of those who profit at the expense of others and bring them to justice. Dear God, grant these women safe shelter and wise counsel. Wrap them in Your love. Restore their souls, in Jesus’ name.
