Two Most Common Forms of Human Trafficking in New York State

Two Most Common Forms of Human Trafficking in New York State

Labor Trafficking –This is when a person makes another person work or provide a service. They use force, fraud, or coercion. A person may also recruit, entice, harbor, or transport another person for work or services. [2]

Sex Trafficking – This is when someone makes another person perform a commercial sex act. force, fraud, or coercion to help make it possible or profit from it.[3]

1. Lederer L, Wetzel, CA. The health consequences of sex trafficking and their implications for identifying victims in healthcare facilities. Ann Health Law. 2014; 23 (1): 61-91.
2. NY Penal Law §135.35
3. N.Y. Penal Law § 230.34