New York Anti-Trafficking Coalition

Press Advisories & Releases

MAJOR NYC SEX-TRAFFICKING RING CASE ENDS, July 24,2008

THE NEW YORK STATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING COALITION CELEBRATES PASSAGE OF STRONG ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW IN NEW YORK, June 6, 2007 Click here for more information.

GOVERNOR SPITZER TO SIGN ANTI-TRAFFICKING BILL ON JUNE 6, 2007 Click here for more information.

GLORIA STEINEM IN ALBANY ON MAY 15, 2007, TO URGE LEGISLATURE AND SPITZER ADMINISTRATION TO PASS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW Click here for more information.

Honorable Catherine Abate Joins Albany Watch Rally Calling On New York Legislators To Pass Law Against Human Trafficking Without Further Delay, February 22, 2007 Click here for more information.

Rally In Albany To Call On New York State Legislators To Pass A Strong Law Against Human Trafficking, February 13, 2007 Click here for more information.

Gloria Steinem and Council Member John Liu Address Public Rally Calling on State Legislature to Pass a Law Against Human Trafficking in New York, January 11, 2007. Click here for more information.

New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition Launches 2007 Campaign With Press Conference, January 4, 2007. Click here for more information.

New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition In The News

• Targeting Human Trafficking (NY Times, May 21, 2007)
• Slaves of New York (NY Times, May 20, 2007)
• Albany Agrees on Law Against Sexual and Labor Trafficking (NY Times, May 17, 2007)
• Agreement Is Reached on Human Trafficking (Legislative Gazette, May 21, 2007)
• In Albany, An Urgent Plea (NewsDay, May 16, 2007)
• Steinem: Make Human Trafficking A Crime (Utica Observer Dispatch, May 16, 2007)
• Advocates Step Up Call For Anti-Trafficking Legislation (NorthEast Public Radio, May 16, 2007)
• Stop The Trafficking (Times Union, April 30, 2007)
• Advocates Push for New York State Anti-Trafficking Law (NY Law Journal, April 6, 2007)
• State Needs Law that Bans Trafficking in Humans (Times Union, April 3, 2007)
• Getting Serious About Sex Trafficking (NY Times, April 1, 2007)
• Human Slaves: New York Needs Anti-trafficking Legislation (Ithaca Journal, March 6, 2007)
• Human Rights Advocates Pushing for Anti-Trafficking Laws (Legislative Gazette, February 26, 2007)
• Activists Urge NY State to Pass Anti-Human Trafficking Law (North East Public Radio, February 14, 2007)
• Hidden in Brothels, Slavery by Another Name (NY Times, June 1, 2006)
• The Pimps’ Friends in Albany (NY Times, July 6, 2006)

Trafficking In the News
New York

• When sex is a business, you can’t forget about demand (Huffington Post, March 25, 2008)
• State must protect sex-trade victims ( Albany Times Union, March 24th, 2008)
• The Pimps’ Slaves (NY Times, March 16, 2008)
• Do as He Said (NY Times, March 13, 2008)
• The Wrong Target (NY Times, February 18, 2008) 
• Written Testimony on Prosecuting Human Trafficking (NOW-NYC, December 11, 2007)
• Anti-Human Trafficking Bill Signed Into Law  (NOW-NYC, June 6, 2007)
• Police: Girls taken to migrant camp in sex-for-cash arrangement (Associated Press, March 6, 2007)
• New York City Man Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Charge (PR Newswire, March 6, 2007)
• New York City Man Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Charge (PRNewswire, January 12, 2007)
• Gaithersburg mother, daughter plead guilty to running a prostitution ring (Gazette.net, November 14, 2006)
• Human Trafficking Charges Filed (New York Sun, November 2, 2006)
• Human Trafficking: A Form of Modern Slavery (Sing Tao Daily (New York, NY), November 2, 2006)
• Prostitution horror for young women (Daily News, April 2, 2005)

National

• U.S. Attorney Plans Increased Push Against Human Trafficking (Associated Press, April 1, 2007)
• Proposed Laws Target Human Trafficking (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, March 30, 2007)
• Proposed bills will help DA prosecute human trafficking cases (KVIA News – ABC Affiliate – El Paso, TX, March 29, 2007)
• Human Trafficking Truck Operator Awaiting Sentencing In Immigrant Deaths (All Headline News, January 16, 2007)
• Bound for Misery (Boston Globe, January 7, 2007)
• Ten people charged in Harftord-area prostitution ring (Boston Globe, March 23, 2006)
• Area Juvenile Sex Rings Targeted Using Anti-Trafficking Laws (Washington Post, March 6, 2006)

Global

• Sex Isn’t a Spectator Sport (Christianity Today, July 1, 2006)
• The World Cup and the johns (International Herald Tribune, April 11, 2006)