New York Daily News
June 3, 2012
TENANCINGO, TLAXCALA — In this small Mexican town that sends sex slaves to New York, little boys dream of growing up to be pimps. Gaudy gabled houses that rise above gated walls are proof of the profits to be made from funneling “delivery girls” to Roosevelt Ave. in Queens. Sanctuary for Families has work with dozens of trafficking victims from Mexico.
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Sex Trafficking of Women has Nexus in Queens Borough of New York City |
WNYC's The Take Away
May 25, 2012
Every year, thousands of women between the ages of 14 and 19, are smuggled through the small town of Tenancingo, Mexico, into the United States and forced into sex work. Many of these women end up in Queens, the new epicenter of prostitution in New York City. Sanctuary for Families reported a 150 percent increase in the number of cases of sex trafficking between 2010 and 2011.
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Trafficked: Sex slaves seduced and sold |
BBC World Report
May 22, 2012
BBC World Report has released a powerful 4-part investigative series that exposes the ugly truth about the sex trafficking industry. The series details the stories of one town in Mexico that is almost entirely focused on the business of sex trafficking, how trafficked women are brought to and sold in the U.S., and a program in New York that works to teach the men who buy prostitutes the truth about the sex industry. Sanctuary Staff Attorney Lori Cohen talked with the BBC about her experience working with victims of sex trafficking in New York.
To watch the full 4-part series, click here.
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Assemblymember Paulin Announces Bill to Protect Victims of Sex Trafficking |
Scarsdale Patch
May 1, 2012
A new bill introduced by Assemblymember Amy Paulin would update sex trafficking laws to make sure penalties for traffickers match the severity of the crimes they commit. Dorchen Leidholdt, the director of the Sanctuary for Families Legal Center, explains why these changes are needed to protect New York's most vulnerable residents.
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Paulin and Leidholdt on Stopping Sex Trafficking |
Capital Tonight
April 19, 2012
In the past, New York has taken the lead in anti-human trafficking
legislation. But Assemblywoman Amy Paulin and Dorchen Leidholdt, the
Director of the Sanctuary for Families Legal Center, say the existing
laws need some tweaks to be more effective. They explain how a new bill
could close the gaps.
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