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More than a Dozen Charged After Human Trafficking Ring Bust in New Jersey
Authorities say the suspects ran a yearlong operation that forced victims into commercial sex and drug sales, with ringleaders facing possible life sentences.
Some 13 people were arrested in a human trafficking and drug operation generated in Middlesex, Ocean, Camden and Burlington counties in New Jersey. Authorities said in a press conference that the detainees included two men who were presumed to be the leaders from motels in Pennsauken and Mount Laurel respectively. Shalaby Hicks, 48, and Nathaniel Clay, 49. These individuals are charged with human trafficking, prostitution and drug trafficking.