7. New Jersey
Number of victims: 168
Number of victims per 100,000 people: 1.89
Insider Monkey Score: 8.5
Sex trafficking is the main form of human trafficking in New Jersey, the next in line on our list of worst states for human trafficking in America. Law enforcement has finally woken up and has started to crack down on such traffickers, which includes 29 arrests made as part of an international sweep by federal agents. In total, this huge operation saw over 200 arrests made over the country. Several law enforcement agencies combined to make this operation possible, which resulted in the recovery of 82 trafficking victims. The reason human traffickers operate in the state is because of its proximity to New York, where the victims are often sent undetected. In response, task forces were created to combat this troubling issue, some of which were involved in the aforementioned operation.
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